Performer: Wiebke Lehmkuhl

A revelatory orchestral performance and a cast led by Andreas Schager, Christopher Maltman and Elisabeth Strid make this a Siegfried for the record books.

In celebration of the 125th anniversary of Symphony Hall, Andris Nelsons returns to the work that opened the venue on 15th October 1900.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Music Director Designate, still two years from taking charge, shows himself in command of the whole toolbox available from a great Mahler orchestra. 

Tobias Kratzer's prelude to this new Ring cycle exceeds all expectations and scores a musical-theatrical success.

An unusual double bill opens the new season at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, with Susanna Mälkki offering a moving take on Saariaho and Mahler.

The first instalment of Covent Garden's new Ring is excellent all round from orchestra and voices, with Barrie Kosky providing plenty of ideas to tease us as to how the cycle will continue.