Opera

Loesser’s Guys and Dolls is performed with colour and character by all, writes George Hall

Hartmann’s score pulses with moral drama and unrelenting energy, says Ashutosh Khandekar

This new studio recording from the Sinfonia of London and its music director John Wilson gives you the original theatrical score complete

Berta Joncus enjoys a 2024 Versailles take on Rameau’s rarely recorded Platée

Gerald Finley and Lise Davidsen plumb the depths of their shared predicament, and they are supported by a first-class cast

In his review, George Hall enjoys this stylish, studio take on Salieri’s colourful banned opera, ‘Cublai, gran kan de’ Tartari’

In his review, Christopher Cook is chilled to the bone by a concert take on the Bartók’s nightmarishly blood-curdling masterpiece, Bluebeard

In his review, David Nice is enthralled by this memorable and moving Berlin staging of Strauss’s colourful opera, Arabella

Berta Joncus applauds this collection of rare and ravishing Baroque treasures from soprano Roberta Mameli

In her review, Kate Bolton-Porciatti enjoys an excellent new recording of Vivaldi’s 1716 Arsilda, a Baroque farce with plenty of bravura

This luscious live recording from Berlin breathes great life into Massenet’s overlooked gem, Hérodiade, says Christopher Cook in his review

The who’s who of voices in this first recording of Hasse’s operatic Serpentes Ignei in Deserto make it a hit, says Berta Joncus in her review

Small numbers make a big impact in this recording of the late Wolfgang Rihm’s Jakob Lenz, says George Hall in his review

Rising star baritone Huw Montague Rendall impresses in this glorious debut recital, says George Hall in his review

Less is more in George Benjamin’s captivating opera Picture a day like this, says Christopher Cook in his review

George Hall is impressed by this Berlin production of Langgaard’s complex and apocalyptic masterpiece, Antikrist, in this review

‘…an absorbing, even harrowing, experience' is how John-Pierre Joyce describes Kevin Puts's opera The Hours in his review