Performer: Paolo Fanale

A luxuriously-cast revival takes a staid production of Mozart's Idomeneo to new, exciting heights. 

The Canadian director's aesthetic is a perfect fit for Gluck's work. Dazzling performances by Gaëlle Arquez and Stéphane Degout. Great musical direction by Thomas Hengelbrock.

Everyone is in the know in Jan Philipp Gloger's “School for Lovers”, receiving its first revival at Covent Garden. 

An epic night at the opera with Joyce DiDonato, which will be hard to forget.

Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic unleash the darkness of Verdi’s late masterpiece Otello upon the picnickers at the Hollywood Bowl. 

An overpowering orchestra and unusual stage layout contribute to a disappointingly even-tempered Stabat Mater.