Performer: Staatstheater Nürnberg

Nuremberg's opera house launches a new directorial era with an impressive staging of Prokofiev's adaptation of Tolstoy's great novel that incapsulates 200 years of Russian history.

A typically thought-provoking production of The Trojans from Calixto Bieito combines with a thrilling musical performance to compensate for a heavily fileted version of Berlioz's magnum opus.

Peter Konwistchny scores audience success with his new production of Boris Godunov, a theatrically inventive critical take on manipulation and the disfiguring effects of power.