Artiste: Svetlana Sozdateleva

Vladimir Jurowski's six-year Ring with the LPO closes as the cycle began: a gleaming, golden ring with a black hole at its core. 

Making her debut at the Metropolitan Opera, the wife of Met GM Peter Gelb crushes any talk of nepotism at the downbeat. 

The chance to watch their finely gauged interpretation unfold on the Royal Festival Hall platform was a privilege.