Performer: Leah Partridge

Roberto Abbado's precise conducting made the score tingle with life. The magical glissandi were full of mystery, the hotbed of musical detail cleanly communicated and the amorous outbursts treated with Italianate ardour.

Read our review of John Cox's production of ­Massenet's Thaïs in its 2008 broadcast from the Met Opera in New York.

Peter Grimes vuelve a los escenarios, magníficamente encarnado por Gregory Kunde en la clásica producción de Willy Decker.