Performer: Zoltán Nyári

Andrea Brassói-Jőrös shines in the title role of János Szikora's new staging of Dvořák's fairy tale opera. 

Calixto Bieito takes on Prokofiev's Tolstoy epic – and wins in the opera's Hungarian premiere. 

Budapest's Wagner Festival opens with an excellent Rheingold in a skilful combination of singing, acting and projections.

There may be spiders, or zombies above your head. A spook show? Berlin's Komische Oper premiers a gothic musical theatre work by Heinrich Marschner... and it is a gory, good romp.

In 2015, The Flying Dutchman is on the roster at the Wagner in Budapest festival. A fine cast and an inventive orchestra under the baton of Adam Fischer are matched with a debatable staging by Balázs Kovalik

Any director taking on Weber’s Der Freischütz faces big challenges. Sándor Zsóter’s production for the Hungarian State Opera takes risks, with very mixed results.