Claudia Pritchard

An interactive experience among inflatables large and small

A highly entertaining small-scale staging of Rossini's comic opera is as theatrical as it is musical

Mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina is exceptional in the title role of Bizet's opera, but what's the Duchess of Alba doing here?

Mini-skirts, psychedelic prints, baked beans.... For 11 heady years, it was all go at Biba. And in the East End, workrooms kept London dressed

A thrilling new cast renews a fine production of Donizetti's tragic opera

A new production of Bizet's opera pits an independent woman against an oppressive regime

Very welcome return of a stylish, Sixties-set production of Puccini's most theatrical opera features oustanding performances all round

A matchless production of Puccini's most dramatic opera has dynamic soprano Angel Blue in the title role

One wife has a sneaky cigarette, the other a lover, in an all-Italian double bill about marriage

Carols and seasonal favourites, Handel's Messiah and operas to raise the spirits add up to a bumper package this year