The week in classical: Khovanshchina; Carmen review – the parallels with modern Russia are unmissable

Mussorgsky’s apocalyptic unfinished opera is given a fierce new lease of life by the McBurney brothers, Esa-Pekka Salonen and an exceptional young mezzo

Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer album review – Davidsen’s Senta is spine-tingling

The Norwegian soprano dominates in this recording taken from concert performances in which Finley’s Dutchman feels somewhat underpowered

Peter Grimes review – WNO’s production of Britten’s masterwork seethes like a wild and cruel sea

Melly Still’s new staging production brilliantly captures the tortured guilt, small-minded bitching and flash-points of volatility, with Nicky Spence a sympathetic Grimes

Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk album review – controversial opera’s drama is dulled

The impact of Shostakovich’s savagely ironic and historically significant composition is neutered in a disappointing recording taken from live performance

Le Roi d’Ys review – the floodgates open to Lalo’s thrilling tale of love, rage and war

Chelsea Opera Group were at their best and conductor Paul Wingfield drove the score hard in this rare outing for the French composer’s startlingly original work

The week in classical: Arias Reimagined; Rhythm of the Seasons; Out of the Deep; Turandot – review

In a good week for baroque experiments, Handel meets Britney Spears and AI, while a whirlwind percussionist unpicks Vivaldi

The week in classical: Le nozze di Figaro; Die Zauberflöte – review

In uncertain times, future stars shine in two new Mozart productions – a fizzing 80s Figaro and a hospital-set Magic Flute that strikes one uneasy note…

Turandot review – with high energy, mighty voices and delicacy, epic staging feels newly minted

Andrei Serban’s 1984 production of Puccini’s final opera is meticulously revived with Sondra Radvanovsky and SeokJong Baek both stellar in the central roles. In the pit, Rafael Payare brings care and lightness to the score

Peter Grimes review – Netia Jones’s brutal new production electrifies

In the hands of Gothenburg Opera, Britten’s storm-tossed masterpiece takes psychological horror to the next level

The week in classical: The Makropulos Affair; Uprising – review

Orla Boylan captivates in Olivia Fuchs’s masterly Scottish Opera Janáček. And Jonathan Dove’s rousing new community opera puts down firm roots

Uprising review – ravishingly sung opera rails against older generation destroying the planet

Teenage climate activist Lola struggles with school and family, while damaged nature is given its own voice

The week in classical: Il Trovatore; Total Immersion: Symphonic Electronics; Mad Song; Jerusalem Quartet – review

A fearless Agnieszka Rehlis leads a Verdi revival that will leave you rattled, while an electroacoustic extravaganza dives into tech and a viola steals the show in a Shostakovich celebration

Innocence review – monumental achievement shows how essential opera can be

Adelaide festival Finnish opera of staggering depth by Kaija Saariaho and directed by Simon Stone, set in the aftermath of a school shooting

Il Trovatore review – let’s face it: these Verdi characters are very dull

With demons ripped from Where the Wild Things Are and costumes culled from Paddington, this is a rum reworking – just a shame some of the singing and conducting lack zip

The Capulets and the Montagues review – stylish staging sees ETO’s Bellini go gangster

Eloise Lally’s Little Italy take on Bellini’s Romeo and Juliet opera has, in Samantha Price and Jessica Cale, strong and powerful leads. In the pit however, things are less assured