The Turn of the Screw, ENO: a haunting reimagining of Henry James’s classic ghost story
In this strong performance of Benjamin Britten’s opera, Ailish Tynan brings passion and anguish to the role of the troubled Governess
In this strong performance of Benjamin Britten’s opera, Ailish Tynan brings passion and anguish to the role of the troubled Governess
Barcelona’s Gran Teatre de Liceu is marking the 25th anniversary of its reopening with a powerful staging of Shostakovich’s dark tale
Ted Huffman’s staging of Tchaikovsky’s great opera wipes the cultural slate clean with an all-too-blank canvas that has mixed results
The beleaguered company called off a planned strike, and gave it their all in this shocking, committed production
From Rigoletto to Ruddigore, our critic rounds up the best operas of the season
As the new season launches, here’s a manifesto for how the sector can repair the damage of recent years
This immersive staging of Stravinsky’s tragedy at the National Museum of Scotland is simultaneously accessible, humanistic and even humorous
There have been more passionate stagings of this opera, but it would be hard to find one which makes its essential message so seductive
Composer Anthony Bolton has an admirable go at adapting Shakespeare’s play but fails to add enough to the text
The Gallagher brothers, Prince, Wagner, Kubrick, Mad Men… Are they really above criticism? Our writers think not
The iconoclastic composer Michael Tippett would have absolutely loved Keith Warner’s reworking of his eccentric production
This inventive take on the 1707 dramatic allegory is an astonishing reflection on the human condition and the dynamics of family life
Although directed with admirable directness, this staging tries and fails to make a silk purse from a sow’s ear
In this concert staging of Orlando, Iestyn Davies was peerless as the eponymous knight, surrounded by unhappy lovers and conniving magic-men
From a Mozart makeover to hip-hop meets Purcell, classics are imagined anew this season
Grange Festival’s revival is clean and classical – but the music doesn’t quite capture the incisiveness Stravinsky’s score requires
Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is notoriously tricky to get right, which makes this Garsington production an unexpected delight
The music rampages under Anthony Negus’s conducting in this fine production that strips back everything to its essentials
This new staging of the 1921 opera beautifully captures one of the most concentrated and eloquent of Janáček’s works
The major roles in Britten’s retelling of Shakespeare’s tale brought out the music’s uncanny lyricism, but lacked chemistry