Performer: Atalla Ayan

Could this be the last triumphant outing for the late, great Elijah Moshinksy's moving production of Rigoletto?

Contrasting sensations at the Liceu, where the audience punished a production of La bohème with boos and gave rapturous applause to a cast that performed at half throttle.

All three operas in Puccini's triptych are strongly cast in this revival. 

This production fell just short of brilliance but showed how relevant and thought-provoking opera as an art form can be when tapping into today's headline debates.

Glyndebourne's second Traviata cast of the summer saw the festival field three principals worthy of any major international opera house.