Performer: Mireille Asselin

10 Days in a Madhouse is a musically and dramatically excellent but disturbing insight into conditions in a women’s asylum brought to life in Toronto by an excellent production.

A superb orchestral performance from Paul Agnew and The English Concert lights up a breezy and fun staging of Rameau's ballet bouffon.

The COC revival of its 2016 production of Le nozze di Figaro is still rooted in Claus Guth’s gloomy Scandinavia but it’s lightened up to become much sexier and funnier.

As a hybrid of brilliance and disappointment, this Don Giovanni is in a class of its own.

Helen of Troy is the theme for this half of Odyssey’s season, launched with Gluck's rarity. 

Opera Atelier presents a double bill at the Royal Opera in Versailles filled with Baroque dancing, scenery and music.