John Allison

Both Ukrainians and Russians came together to perform a programme that was both haunting and hopeful

Garsington Opera’s new production of Monteverdi’s 1607 masterpiece is a terrific evening of true ensemble work

Garsington Opera’s new production gives Dvořák a post-industrial aesthetic, but Natalya Romaniw provides the power and warmth

Garsington Opera’s excellent season-closer features a richly textured score and life-changing debuts

Jean Cocteau and Guillaume Apollinaire combine in a production that could hardly be more Gallic in spirit

In the light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, English Touring Opera’s enjoyable staging of Tamerlano has a bracing topicality

With the action shrewdly shifted from Mantua to an Oxbridge college, this expertly sung Verdi staging is a great success

Garsington’s new production of this precocious awakening of Mozart’s operatic genius has been a long time coming but was well worth the wait

Sakari Oramo drew a sensitive tribute to Czech composer Dora Pejačević from his players, ending with a rousing rendition of Mahler’s Fifth

This wonderful commemorative concert, marking the 50th anniversary of Shostakovich’s death, will be hard to surpass