Performer: Robert Gildon

Despite a much reduced orchestra and a slightly awkward staging, New Sussex Opera's production of Delius's A Village Romeo and Juliet still gave us the chance to wallow in a glorious late-Romantic score.

Two little-known 18th-century operas are given inventive new productions featuring some promising young singers.

From the book of Tobit, Tobias and the Angel is a story from the Apocrypha which is not usually printed in Bibles anymore, due to concerns about its authenticity. However it is an inspirational story which lends itself well to music, and Jonathan Dove’s adaptation is definitely very captivating.The story sees young Tobit of Nineveh and Sara of Ecbatana both praying for their suffering to end.