Commanding vocalism and visual opulence: Macbeth at the Teatro Regio, Turin
Consumption, confrontation and awakening: Die Gezeichneten at the Bayerische Staatsoper
Midlife Crisis: Don Giovanni at the Gran Teatre del Liceu
Multiple personalities: Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci at the Semperoper Dresden
A Tosca for Today: Tosca at Den Norske Opera, Oslo
Obsession: Die tote Stadt at the Teatr Wielki – Opera Narodowa
One Moment in Time: Der Rosenkavalier at Welsh National Opera
Taking Wing: La rondine at Opera Holland Park
Survivors: The Fiery Angel at the Opernhaus Zürich
Village life: The Fair at Sorochyntsi at the Komische Oper, Berlin
The end of the world as we know it: Götterdämmerung at the Hessisches Staatstheater, Wiesbaden
Calling out for a hero: Siegfried at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden
God Save the Queen: Roberto Devereux at the Bayerische Staatsoper
Starry night: Les Troyens in Strasbourg
The Act of Believing: Parsifal at the Staatsoper Berlin
Falling Leaves: Yevgeny Onegin at the Lyric Opera of Chicago
Living art: Il viaggio a Reims at the Kongelige Teater, Copenhagen
Outsiders: Yevgeny Onegin at the Staatstheater Wiesbaden