Performer: Vello Pähn

An excellent extension to Akram Khan’s growing repertoire of contemporary ballet, Lady Macbeth, his first creation for Royal Danish Ballet, brought out powerful performances from the entire cast.

The second programme of Norwegian National Ballet's Kylián festival, Day After Yesterday, features four older works, including Petite Mort and No More Play which are unquestionably highlights of his expansive repertoire.

Norwegian National Ballet return to the classics with surprising ease.

Stephen Barlow's intelligent production makes Gounod's grand opéra as dramatic as it is tuneful.

Mascagni's stirring music and gripping storyline cast their spell over a festival audience at the edge of the Baltic Sea.

At the Estonian National Opera, Vilppu Kiljunen's staging of Hindemith's crime opera Cardillac is wonderfully eerie. Unfortunately, conductor Vello Pähn's reading of the score doesn't do it justice.