Just do the bloody show
Rusalka, Royal Opera House
The jackpot of opera
The Rhinegold, English National Opera, Coliseum
Beyond satire
Opera North and English Touring Opera have plied an honourable trade without trying to gain kudos
It’s not for kids
Children are always unwelcome in Opera, except in The Magic Flute
Pulp Puccini
Having the hots for Tosca
Ship of fools
A summer of ecstatic, eccentric and not-so-operatic audiences at opera fringe
Pity and terror
A powerful, moving adaptation of Puccini
Verdi shines, despite everything
A gloomy production of a glittering opera
Music to die for
The elegant narrative solution of suicide has had no greater cheerleader than opera
Ethics men
Opera directors are utilising programme books to purvey their moral and ethical wisdom