Twelfth Night (Shakespeare's Globe)

Samual Barnett (Sebastian); Liam Brennan (Orsino); Paul Chahidi (Maria); John Paul Connolly (Antonio); Stephen Fry (Malvolio); Mark Rylance (Olivia); Roger Lloyd Pack (Sir Andrew Aguencheek); Johnny Flynn (Viola); Ian Drysdale (Priest/Valentine); James Garnon (Fabian); Peter Hamilton Dyer (Feste); Colin Hurley (Sir Toby Belch);

"…no single actor dominates this radical yet perfectly balanced production at the Globe" (The Guardian)

Two Ballet Favourites by Christopher Wheeldon (Danish National Ballet/The Royal Ballet)

Lauren Cuthbertson (Alice (Alice)); Sergei Polunin (Jack/The Knave of Hearts (Alice)); Edward Watson (Lewis Carroll/The White Rabbit (Alice)); Zenaida Yanowsky (Mother/The Queen of Hearts (Alice)); Steven MacRae (Mad Hatter (Alice)); Anna Tsygankova (Cinderella (Cinderella)); Matthew Golding (Prince Guillaume (Cinderella)); Larissa Lezhnina (Stepmother Hortensia (Cinderella)); Megan Zimny Gray (Stepsister Edwina (Cinderella)); Nadia Yanowsky (Stepsister Clementine (Cinderella));

"What a treat this is - such an imaginative treatment of a favourite story. There are extraordinary, eccentric sets and special effects; colourful, larger-than-life, argumentative characters and extraordinary costumes. Lauren Cuthbertson, as Alice, is excellent, her every movement suggesting the actions and emotions of this curious, spirited pre-adolescent... Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography is very imaginative and fitting for every character." (Musicweb International (Alice))

Verdi Operas - Box Set (The Royal Opera)

Simon Keenlyside (Macbeth); Liudmyla Monastyrska (Lady Macbeth); Renée Fleming (Violetta Valéry); Joseph Calleja (Alfredo Germont); José Cura (Manrico); Yvonne Naef (Azucnea);

"... an impressive company showcase, full of moments when chorus and orchestra are at full throttle. Whipped up by Antonio Pappano's baton, they sound truly thrilling." (The Guardian - Macbeth)

Verdi: Aida

Cheryl Studer (Aida); Luciana d’Intino (Amneris); Dennis O’Neill (Radamès);

"Sir Edward Downes’ command of the score's structure, its curious blend of delicacy and bombast, of classical propriety and romantic excess, is complete..." (The Times)

Verdi: Aida

"BBC Music Magazine" (José Antonio Gutiérrez's production… looks beautiful thanks to Cabanes's feeling for colour ochres and blues dominate and perspective.)

Verdi: Aida (Arena di Verona)

Hui He (Aida); Marco Berti (Radames); Andrea Ulbrich (Amneris ); Ambrogio Maestri (Amonasro ); Roberto Tagliavini (The King); Antonella Trevisan (High Priestess); Antonello Ceron (A messenger); Orchestra, Chorus and Corps de Ballet of the Arena di Verona (Choir and Orchestra); Daniel Oren (Conductor); Gianfranco De Bosio (Director);

"It's straightforward, recalling Edwardian toy theatre...And the spectacle isn't overdone...Ulbrich is a fiery Amneris. But it's the Ethiopians who carry the day, with Maestri's thundering Amonasro and, above all, Chinese soprano Hui He's Aida, vocally strong and passionate and commanding a decent mezza voce" (BBC Music Magazine)