Instrument: Mezzo-soprano

The Royal Opera House responds to current global turmoil with a double bill by four women composers. Baritone Peter Brathwaite delivers a tour de force in The Knife of Dawn and A New Dark Age is a powerful emotional journey.

Three Russian singers star in a revival of the Italian director's academy production from 2003. 

Christine Rice gives an astonishingly performance in an evening of four powerful chamber pieces.

One of Puccini's less renowned works returns to the Teatro San Carlo after over thirty years away.

A deep-dive into the world of 14th-century Persian poet, Hafez, and his influence on song across the centuries. 

Glyndebourne welcome audiences back into the house with a one hour Offenbach operetta whose comedy and plot lines are thin but which still delights.

Riccardo Chailly leads a splendid cast in Verdi’s masterpiece as La Scala leads the way in these troubled times, when the opera world is so volatile and fragile, by focusing on the music, holding onto artistic values.