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StuttgartDer RosenkavalierNew production

Strauss R.: Der Rosenkavalier
Nicholas Carter; Axel Ranisch; Staatsoper Stuttgart; Alexander Joel; Saskia Wunsch; Bettina Werner; Valentin Däumler
HamburgLa bohème

Puccini: La bohème
Alexander Joel; Guy Joosten; Staatsoper Hamburg; Johannes Leiacker; Jorge Jara; Davy Cunningham; Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
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Aida Garifullina an exceptionally fine Violetta at Covent Garden

As Richard Eyre’s staging reaches its 30th anniversary, a new Violetta arrives on the Royal Opera block in what proves to be one of the best revivals in recent years.
Stacey Alleaume leads WNO's emotionally-charged Traviata

Leading an international cast in a still-sumptuous revival in Southampton's Mayflower, Stacey Alleaume gives a sovereign performance as the ill-fated courtesan Violetta.
Sabine Devieilhe triumphs as Lakmé in concert in Zurich

The French soprano confirms her status as the best current performer of Léo Delibes masterpiece in a concert with a solid supporting cast.
Love, intrigue… and black paint-play: Luisa Miller at ENO
Verdi and Schiller lose out to Barbora Horáková in a new staging for English National Opera.
A strikingly individual Mahler First from The Hallé and Alexander Joel
Alexander Joel conducts The Hallé in Mahler's First Symphony and Korngold's “Hollywood” Violin Concerto.
A White House Rigoletto with some impressive voices
Welsh National Opera brought a cast of strong voices to Birmingham for a production of Rigoletto intriguingly set in the White House of the 1960s.
