Videos

Musically excellent and dramatically intriguing re-imagining of Schubert’s story [RWe]

Missed opportunities in a sporadically interesting film [LD]

(Déjà Review) Leinsdorf belatedly enters the select list of the greatest Tchaikovsky performances on record [CH]

Bregenz gives Giordano’s tragic tale a contemporary twist [RMay]

A first video release of Bellini’s early work features some attractive singing and an elegant, if quirky, production [MP]

Today’s pre-eminent Bruckner conductor conducts the essential Bruckner orchestra in superb live accounts of two of the more elusive symphonies [RWe]

A modern take on a Handelian opera which for once makes dramatic sense, and is good fun as well [PCG]

A triumphantly achieved Royal Ballet production can now be watched at home [RMay]

A marriage made in hell does no favours to either partner – perhaps we might hope for a divorce? [PCG]

Stuttgart Ballet’s survey of choreographer John Cranko’s work continues triumphantly [RMay]

Fine selections from The Great American Songbook [BMC]

An imaginative and involving production, but flawed by some intrusive and insensitive vulgarities [PCG]

An innovative and at times challenging production, with high calibre singing and playing [RWe]

A striking new Rigoletto from the Royal Opera House, strongly cast and very well conducted [RWe]

A superlative cast in a crisply modern, but relatively faithful production of a rarely performed opera [MP]

Another impressive release by the Donizetti Opera festival, uncut and on original instruments [RWe]

Very interesting content, marred by some sound issues and a jumpy narrative flow [DJB]

Captivating performance of Rimsky-Korsakov’s enchanting Christmas opera [CRo]

A novel and inventive seasonal treat from Scottish Ballet [RMay]

You will seldom find better, more compelling or beautiful performances than the ones recorded here [MMB]