Performer: Richard Roberts

The company returned to its home at the Academy of Music after three years with a brutalist take on Verdi's middle-career masterpiece.

A solid Figaro in Cardiff, in which individual performances are a joy, and humour abounds. 

Ariadne auf Naxos shines in an ultra-contemporary world of high net worth tantrums at Longborough Festival Opera, complete with glam rock fairies, giant string, and glorious music.