Performer: Simone Del Savio

We all know Giacomo Puccini’s La bohème, but what of the version by Ruggero Leoncavallo? Francesco Micheli tries to make a case at the Teatro Regio di Torino. 

There's a taste of magic in the air for the Puccini Festival’s opening production, a centennial Turandot. 

Despite Michieletto's visual gloom, the evening is redeemed by Myung-whun Chung’s masterful conducting and a cast that brings conviction to a production that rarely trusts the opera’s own dramatic power.

Andrei Șerban’s 40 year old take on Puccini's tale of the ice princess largely stands the test of time, but Netrebko and Eyvazov are short of their best form. 

Graham Vick stages his Marriage of Figaro in todays vulgarity, but he is not fully convincing.

Lord Sidney's contemplation of the insanity of the world seems to be the impetus for this delirious production. So endless is its stream of gags that to attend this show is to be left feeling exhausted.