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Anne Sofie von Otter dominates the scene in Stockholm's Carmélites
The Royal Swedish Opera revives Garpe’s production of Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites with a committed cast.
A 24 carat Rheingold from the Hallé
The Hallé's oddly-ordered Ring arrives at the beginning with Das Rheingold.
Voltaire and vino: Maskarade bubbles over
Accompanied by an ebulliant Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, a fine Danish cast popped open the comedic bubbly at a concert performance of Nielsen’s Maskarade at the Concertgebouw.
The king is not well: Nielsen’s Saul og David
The Royal Danish Opera's new production of Carl Nielsen's first opera Saul og David updates the action to the present-day Middle east and, while well-sung, comes off as overly simplistic.
A tartan Falstaff in Munich
The Merry Wives of Windsor – relocated to Scotland – sing beautifully, as does their wooer, Falstaff. But it's not clear why they're in Scotland in the first place, or how the rest of the staging fits the opera.
The Met in HD, Le Comte Ory, 2011
Read our review of Bartlett Sher's production of Rossini's Le Comte Ory in its 2011 broadcast from the Met Opera in New York.