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A vigorous, vivid Tristan und Isolde in the Cotswolds
The revered Anthony Negus conducts a superb revival of Carmen Jakobi’s abstract production of Wagner’s transcendent drama at Longborough Festival Opera.
To be or not to be: Hamlet returns to the Buxton Festival
After 45 years, Ambroise Thomas' Hamlet returns to Buxton in a gripping, psychological staging by Jack Furness.
ENO gives Thea Musgrave's Mary, Queen of Scots a worthy performance
Musgrave's powerful depiction of a powerful woman at the mercy of male manipulation receives a strong staging from at ENO.
A feast for eyes and ears: Michieletto’s new ROH Hoffmann
With gloriously inventive sets and costumes, Alex Esposito’s splendid Four Villains drive a wonderfully entertaining new production.
Time for a cut? Jonathan Miller's Barber of Seville returns to ENO
Miller's production, running since 1987, is starting to show its ago, but an excellent performance from Anna Devin keeps English National Opera's latest revival moving.
Jonas Kaufmann ails, Covent Garden hails Aigul Akhmetshina
The star tenor is clearly under the weather, but the young house-favourite mezzo shines in an impressive role debut in a revival of Benoît Jacquot's cinematic staging.