Artiste: Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra

Presenting a work like Carmen is a punchy move by a conservatoire. The Royal Academy of Music's production has conceptual weaknesses, but features some good singing. 

A lyrical yet zesty account of Mozart's' adorable score, in a production that is on the nose and off the wall. 

Jack Furness serves up an unappetising mess of Humperdinck's delicious masterpiece for Royal Academy Opera.