Lulu

Coliseum, London

CBSO/Oramo

Royal Festival Hall, London

LPO/Masur

Royal Festival Hall, London

SCO/Swensen

Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

Bland old hope and glory

Andrew Clements sounds off on a lost opportunity to shake up the Proms.

Esther

St George's, Hanover Square, London

Madama Butterfly

Theatre Royal, Glasgow

CBSO/Oramo

Royal Festival Hall, London

Il Trovatore

Royal Opera House, London

LPO/Elder

Royal Festival Hall, London

BBCSO/ Svetlano

Barbican Centre

There’s more to opera than singing

Andrew Clements on the science of opera criticism.

CBSO/Oramo

Symphony Hall

Anna Tomowa-Sintow

Wigmore Hall

VPO/Maazel

Royal Festival Hall