Performer: Anatoli Kotscherga

Harry Kupfer's vivid and enlightening production came alive by soprano Anja Kampe's courageous performance and by conductor Oksana Lyniv's briliant direction.

Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera is rarely performed outside Russia. Sadly, I doubt that Daniel Kramer’s staging for Opera Vlaanderen will win it many new friends.

The Met's revival of Shostakovich's satirical opera of an oppressed Russian housewife's tragedy is a must-see event of the season.