Yehuda Shapiro

Farewell gala for the Royal Opera’s outgoing music director, directed by Daniel Dooner on Robert Jones’ set, is joyous

Jude Christian's new english libretto of Puccini’s 1893 opera is staged as if its a surreal nightmare

Revival of Laurent Pelly’s 2006 production of Donizetti’s romantic comedy is engaging and musically stylish

Strongly defined performances from Kristina Mkhitaryan, Liparit Avetisyan and Juan Jesús Rodríguez invigorate a lavish and durable production, directed by Barbara Lluch.

Solid, well-performed production lacks a sense of tragic magnitude.

OperaUpClose collaborates with the instrumentalists of Manchester Camerata for this new take on Wagner’s opera

Richly filled and inventive production graced with some exceptional singing

Royal Opera House’s solid revival of David McVicar’s staging of the Richard Strauss opera rather than a perversely seductive exposure of pathologies

Roy Williams’ talent for excavating the depths of the world of Black Britishness is indisputable in this new play starring Suzette Llewellyn and Cherrelle Skeete

Scottish Ballet’s new production of Kenneth MacMillan’s Mayerling refocuses the ballet down to two acts from three, in an adaptation by Christopher Hampson and Gary Harris with the help of MacMillan’s widow Deborah MacMillan