Performer: Stuart Jackson

Adele Thomas makes a good case for Semele's operatic credentials in her production which makes effective nods towards Baroque opera’s devotion to spectacle.

Director Francesco Micheli undersells Handel in this Glyndebourne debut, but there's plenty of froth to keep the audience entertained. 

Pianist Julius Drake and his two singers probe the audience’s collective soul with the depth of their Mahler performances.