Performer: Joyce El-Khoury

Joyce El-Khoury saves the day in The Royal Opera’s second revival of The Sicilian Vespers in Stefan Herheim’s paint-by-numbers production. 

Undeterred by the weather, an enthusiastic audience greeted an al fresco Tosca of international star quality.

Lindy Hume's new production works reasonably well in allowing the story to be told with sufficient emotional weight.

It is a thing of wonder that Roberto Devereux is one of Donizetti’s lesser known works. Whether on account of its challenging soprano part, or its fussy Tudor setting, it is rarely performed, but contains some of the composer’s most beautiful – and indeed memorable – arias and duets.

Robert Carsen's Eugene Onegin was binned by the Met but works wonderfully in its revival by the Canadian Opera Company COC with high class singing and acting from a young, engaging cast.

Joyce El-Khoury discusses her long-awaited Covent Garden debut and the role Violetta has played in her career.