Performer: Ermonela Jaho

Richard Eyre’s 32-year-old production is rarely out of The Royal Opera’s repertoire for more than a few months at a time, but this particular revival proves very special. 

A new edition of Puccini's score springs to life in a meticulously prepared Opera Rara concert performance at the Barbican. 

With gloriously inventive sets and costumes, Alex Esposito’s splendid Four Villains drive a wonderfully entertaining new production.

The American must be one of the few tenors to tackle both Rossini and Verdi's Moor with success. 

The General Manager of Barcelona's opera house tells us about their new digital offering Liceu+LIVE, which launches worldwide on 5th November.

Albanian soprano Ermonela Jaho is renowned for heartfelt performances as some of opera's most tortured soprano roles, especially Violetta in La traviata, the opera in which she sprang to fame in London when she jumped in for an indisposed Anna Netrebko.