Performer: Carlo Lepore

While this revival is imperfect, the Cherubino of Svetlina Stoyanova proves a marvel to hear.

This production focuses on the psychological and human aspects of the central characters, rather than on their political conflict, with Elizabeth playing a pivotal role.

Martin G Berger exhaustively reworks the story and the libretto of Salieri's Cublai, gran kan de' Tartari and throws the kitchen sink at this new production, but not everything lands well. 

Rossini's 1816 farce fails to make a splash as Marco Carniti's frenetic staging returns to Pesaro. 

An impressive revival of Filippo Crivelli's 1998 production of Il barbiere di Siviglia, with a lively cast in Naples.