Performer: Arnold Rutkowski

Claus Guth's staging walks a line between atmosphere and audacity, in a powerful company achievement from Latvian National Opera.

Elin Rombo shines in a co-production of King Roger with the Royal Swedish Opera and Teatr Wielki, in Warsaw

The first staging of Bellini's Norma in Oslo in over a century is unfortunately hampered by an irritating production, yet some glorious singing does much to rescue the show.

In Paris, Russian enfant terrible reunites Iolanta with The Nutcracker... with wildly mixed results. 

A double bill of Tchaikovsky's Iolanta and Stravinsky's Perséphone fares strongly in Aix-en-Provence. 

Lucia di Lammermoor is presented in Perú in a minimalist, highly stylized production, starring Jessica Pratt in the title role.