Performer: Adam Kutny

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic takes listeners from sultry Debussy to Puccini’s Messa di Gloria, with a nautical detour in between.

A superb musical foundation under Antonio Pappano forms the basis for a satisfying new Fanciulla del West at the Staatoper in Berlin. 

Dressed in white, with an origami swan in his hand, Robert Alagna's Lohengrin is less a Grail knight than an absent-minded daydreamer.

The Staatsoper Unter den Linden revives a successful, romantic production by Lindy Hume, with Eleonora Buratto and Benjamin Bernheim as the protagonists.

The Staatsoper revives a confused production by Hans Neuenfels, under the baton of Thomas Guggeis.

Nadine Sierra's Gilda is the highlight of Michael Sher's polished production, which doesn't quite tug at the heartstrings.