Videos

A strong musical performance hampered by the directors’ silly concept and by technical issues with the sound [ST]

An altogether outstanding record of a thrilling event [TH]

A pleasing concert that will almost certainly cheer you up [MMB]

A superb fusion of singing, music and stagecraft [AOz]

(Déjà Review) Worth the price for Guleghina’s Abigaille [RJF]

Good singing and lighting do not outweigh poor orchestral playing and perverse staging [SB]

Laurent Pelly’s production has matured with age and Brownlee gives the performance of his career in the title role [MP]

Vocal riches in a depressingly hyperactive production that is devoid of amusement [MP]

Rossini standards held high in a new production of The Lady of the Lake [PCG]

Frederick Ashton’s pioneering ballet returns to Covent Garden in a brand new production [RMay]

The staging will divide opinion, but watch, listen, and let the performers convince you [WH]

A highly imaginative rendition of Prokofiev’s ballet in Ashton’s timeless choreography [RC]

A musically splendid new video production of Delibes’s opera can do little to mask the more unsavoury aspects of the story [PCG]

“La favorite” is well served in a complete new edition, well sung and staged [RWe]

A conflation of opera and ballet, well-staged and performed, more than a seasonal song-and-dance show [RWe]

More than just a souvenir of a fine recital [DC]

Three impressive lead singers in a remarkably innovative staging which leaves the historic context far behind [RWe]

A very fine orchestra and pianist in a concert of some distinction [RWe]

Dame Janet Baker’s unparalleled stage performance of Orfeo makes a triumphant return to the catalogues [PCG]

A long awaited cycle that is ultimately disappointing [LD]

A musically outstanding but unusual production of Rossini’s splendid opera [RWe]

Three hours of enlightenment and entertainment [ZT]

Impressive and likely to remain unchallenged for a very long time [MP]

A superbly realised version of Tchaikovsky’s essentially domestic opera avoids any elements of tragic inflation [PCG]