Performer: Liviu Holender

At the Bregenz Festival, director Philpp Stölzl gives us a radical updating of the classic, with an interpretation many miles away from Weber.

Carl Nielsen's Maskarade makes a welcome rare appearance, with a great time had by everyone onstage and off.

Here was the much-loved three-act opera Rigoletto, yes, but chances are, it was one far beyond Verdi’s wildest dreams.