Performer: Jochen Kupfer

Nuremberg's opera house launches a new directorial era with an impressive staging of Prokofiev's adaptation of Tolstoy's great novel that incapsulates 200 years of Russian history.

A typically thought-provoking production of The Trojans from Calixto Bieito combines with a thrilling musical performance to compensate for a heavily fileted version of Berlioz's magnum opus.

“Honour your masters!” Sachs instructs Walther in the final scene. Wagner's spirit was honoured well as Glyndebourne's festival opened, but did the song contest necessarily crown the right winner?