Performer: Caroline Cartens

With its monumental sets designed by Anish Kapoor, Pierre Audi’s abstract Parsifal at Dutch National Opera is spectacular, led by the excellent Christopher Ventris, with Günther Groissböck shining in his role debut as Gurnemanz. 

The Nederlandse Reisopera celebrates Ariadne auf Naxos’centennial with a superb new production directed by Laurence Dale which looks as laving as it is pleasing to the ear.

BarokOpera Amsterdam tells Virigil’s tale of Aeneas’ travels through the underworld in an extended  version of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas.