Performer: Bassem Akiki

Natalie Abrahami’s mesmerising new production of Britten’s ghostly tale of sexual abuse is very dark indeed.

The Polish National Opera's first staging of Strauss' massive fairy tale feels like a bold statement of intent.

Inspired by Annie Ernaux’s The Years, Philip Venables’ new opera widens the canvas to take in the whole of Europe’s postwar generation. 

Alexander Raskatov and Damiano Michieletto turn George Orwell’s fable into an opera of exceptional contemporary relevance.

Le dernier opéra du compositeur liégeois est une perle qui associe irrévérence et subtilité, bien défendue par la mise en scène de Richard Brunel et l'ensemble des interprètes.

This season, new operas are depositing characters in limbo between this life and the next – from Lincoln in Missy Mazzoli’s Lincoln in the Bardo, to Bassem Akiki’s supernatural retelling of the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.