Performer: Andrew Rees

Jonas Kaufmann and Camilla Nylund tackle the roles of Tristan und Isolde for the first time in Andris Nelsons' all-Wagner concert. 

A strong cast, a lyrically simmering orchestra and lucid staging make this a Tristan und Isolde to treasure.

Woefully stiff acting lets down an otherwise excellent production; Joseph Calleja impresses in his role début as Cavaradossi.

Jenůfa unfurls with chilling intensity at Longborough with the talented Lee Bisset in the title role. 

At the basic level Tristan und Isolde is an opera of hormones, not happenings; fathoms deeper it explores human experience at a point where sense is dumb and flesh retires – as close to heaven and hell as it’s possible to go without first having to die.

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