Performer: Samuel Levine

Carl Nielsen's Maskarade makes a welcome rare appearance, with a great time had by everyone onstage and off.

Sung in English, a performance of Káťa Kabanová lacked the expressive power of the original, but exposed Juilliard Opera students to the marvels of Janáček’s musical style.

Leon Botstein and the American Symphony Orchestra revive Mascagni's Iris in a fully staged version in Frank Gehry's architecturally stunning Richard B Fisher Center at Bard College.

In James MacMillan’s Clemency, three strangers visit Abraham and Sarah. The aging couple make them welcome and receive the news that Sarah will bear a son – to Sarah’s disbelief. They appear to be angels, coming to bless the couple. But as the travelers prepare to leave, they reveal that their next stop is one of condemnation. The people of the twin towns, Sodom and Gomorrah, will be destroyed.

Das Hessische Staatstheater Wiesbaden feiert die Wiederaufnahme seiner Meistersinger mit einer Inszenierung, die aktueller denn je ist und auch unangenehme Fragen aufwirft.