Performer: Amber Reeves

Julia Mintzer’s feminist twist on Marschner for Gothic Opera is a scream as Der Vampyr opens the 17th Grimeborn festival in Dalston. 

An opportunity to hear one of Respighi's operas in the UK is a real treat; the composer's take on Sleeping Beauty, La bella dormente nel bosco, is an ideal companion to to Ravel's  L'Enfant et les sortilèges in a terrific double bill at the Royal College of Music.