Performer: Tadeusz Szlenkier

The Polish National Opera's first staging of Strauss' massive fairy tale feels like a bold statement of intent.

A chilly reception for director Kay Link's fresh take on a mythical Czech heroine mars an otherwise superb performance.

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.