An outing for the US opera that won a Pulitzer but was then forgotten

Robert Carsen’s scintillating version of Falstaff is a riot of colour

From the ROH to glorious Glyndebourne

Leeds, London and Birmingham all host what promise to be great performances

Mariinsky Ballet's Don Quixote is likely to be a balletomane’s dream ticket

The must-see operas

Brett Dean’s Hamlet, with a libretto by Matthew Jocelyn, is Glyndebourne’s boldest commission to date

"The Renaissance has rarely looked—or sounded—so profound, dark and compelling"

Gilbert and Sullivan—and a double dose of Bluebeard

Contentious Wagner, avant-garde Shakespeare