Performer: Paulo Szot

Anthony Minghella's production remains a feast for the eyes, but this performance failed to gel into a dramatic whole. 

Weill's neglected "American Opera" opens in Madrid with a refurbished production by John Fulljames and a strong cast led by Patricia Racette.

Mohammed Fairouz’s second opera, The New Prince, premiered in Amsterdam, is directed by Lotte de Beer as a colourful, dizzyingly fast-paced  revue.