Performer: Yannis Kokkos

For his new staging of Rossini’s Guillaume Tell at the New National Theatre, Tokyo, director Yannis Kokkos avoids specific contemporary references, choosing a setting that transcends the times. 

John Neumeier's Sylvia is a ballet that, like Greek theatre, speaks for all time and is a joy to watch.

Riccardo Chailly conducts a wonderful, integral performance of Donizetti’s masterpiece, with two of the greatest bel canto singers of our times.