English opera, from Purcell to Benjamin (11)

Britten's Death in Venice

Edward Gardner, Deborah Warner – With John Graham-Hall (Gustav von Aschenbach) – English National Opera

• English National Opera (London, Great Britain)

Britten's Billy Budd

Michael Grandage (stage director), Mark Elder (conductor) – With Jacques Imbrailo (Billy Budd), John Mark Ainsley (Captain Vere)...

Purcell's The Fairy Queen

Jonathan Kent (stage director), William Christie (conductor) – With Lucy Crowe, Ed Lyon, Adrian Ward...

Purcell's Dido and Æneas

Christopher Hogwood, Wayne McGregor – Lucy Crowe (Belinda), Sarah Connolly (Dido) – Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

• Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (London, Great Britain)

Purcell's The Indian Queen

Teodor Currentzis (conductor), Peter Sellars (stage director) – Julia Bullock (Doña Luisa), Nadine Koutcher (Doña Isabel) – Teatro Real Madrid

• Teatro Real de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)

Purcell's Dido and Æneas

Deborah Warner (stage director), William Christie (conductor) – With Malena Ernman (Dido), Christopher Maltman (Aeneas)...

• Opéra-comique (Paris, France)

Britten's The Turn of the Screw

Jonathan Kent (stage director), Jakub Hruša (conductor) – With Miah Persson (The Governess), Toby Spence (Prologue/Peter Quint)...

Britten's Peter Grimes

Margaret Williams, Steuart Bedford – With Alan Oke (Peter Grimes) and Giselle Allen (Ellen Orford) – Aldeburgh Festival

• Aldeburgh Festival (Aldeburgh, Great Britain)

George Benjamin's Written on Skin

George Benjamin (conductor), Katie Mitchell (stage director) – With Christopher Purves (The Protector), Barbara Hannigan (Agnès)...

Britten's The Rape of Lucretia

Fiona Shaw (stage director), Leo Hussain (conductor) – With Christine Rice (Lucretia), Allan Clayton (Male Chorus), Kate Royal (Female Chorus)...

George Benjamin's Lessons in Love and Violence

George Benjamin (music), Martin Crimp (text) – With Stéphane Degout (King), Barbara Hannigan (Isabel), Gyula Orendt (Gaveston/Stranger)...