Period: Romantic

With a smaller programme and a humbler premise, the stars of the show – those young, immensely talented performers – could have shone even brighter

Polished but ultimately tepid performances that kept the emotional temperature under wraps despite some fine individual playing and singing.

Under Andris Nelsons' baton, the musical canvas was remarkably supple with proper light shed on Puccini’s melodic inventiveness and wondrous orchestration.

An embarrassingly trite libretto proves unsalvageable, even with a committed cast of singers.

A trusty and convincing version of the masterpiece, with a cast of well-matched singers.

Ariadne auf Naxos shines in an ultra-contemporary world of high net worth tantrums at Longborough Festival Opera, complete with glam rock fairies, giant string, and glorious music. 

As part of the annual Schubertiade festival, clarinettist Martin Fröst and pianist Roland Pöntinin recently gave an unforgettable recital.

Marking the centenary of the end of the First World War, Anna Meredith and 59 Productions' work proves a powerful, often surprisingly upbeat, commission.