Performer: La Monnaie | De Munt

Thaddeus Strassberger’s Brussels debut presents Berlioz's opera semiseria with plenty of good music but far more visual noise. 

A marathon double bill using music from Verdi's early operas largely falls flat in Brussels. 

Foccroulle’s limited score imitates environmental catastrophe while Jocelyn’s libretto tries – unevenly – to understand why we might ignore it.

Barbara Hannigan is better than ever in Krzysztof Warlikowski's iconic Lulu at La Monnaie – an historic event.

A highly satisfying level of polish in La Monnaie's stream in which one recognizes a precisely executed live performance at its core – one that would be thrilling to experience in person. 

Dmitri Tcherniakov's staging turns Rimsky-Korsakov's opera into storytelling for an autistic boy, but does he deliver a fairy tale ending? 

The conductor speaks about his Ring cycle at La Monnaie, his parallel careers in Belgium, France and Germany, and trying to keep his feet on the ground while gazing at the summits.

Kosky discusses the nature of opera houses and their audiences: La Scala, La Monnaie, Covent Garden, the advice he gave to ENO – and why he was kicked off the lawn at Glyndebourne.