Final operas (12)

Bizet's Carmen

Martin Kušej (stage director), Daniel Barenboim (conductor) – With Rolando Villazón (Don José), Marina Domashenko (Carmen)... and the Staatskapelle Berlin

• Staatsoper Berlin (Berlin, Germany)

Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann

Alain Guingal, Giancarlo del Monaco – Aquiles Machado (Hoffman), Milagros Poblador (Olympia) – Palacio Euskalduna de Bilbao

• Palacio Euskalduna de Bilbao (Bilbao, Spain)

Puccini's Turandot

Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Stefano Poda (stage director) – Rebeka Lokar (Princess Turandot), Jorge de León (Prince Calaf), Erika Grimaldi (Liù)...

Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito

Sylvain Cambreling, Ursel Hermann – Susan Graham (Sesto), Christoph Prégardien (Tito)

Puccini's Turandot

Giuliano Carella, Franco Zeffirelli – Maria Guleghina (Princess Turandot), Salvatore Licitra (Calaf), Tamar Iveri (Liù) – Arena di Verona

• Arena di Verona (Verona, Italy)

Verdi's Falstaff

Richard Jones (stage director), Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) – With Christopher Purves (Falstaff), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Mistress Quickly), Jennifer Hollo...

Donizetti's Don Pasquale

Mariame Clément (stage director), Enrique Mazzola (conductor) – With Alessandro Corbelli (Don Pasquale), Danielle de Niese (Norina)...

Beethoven's Fidelio

Bernard Haitink, Katharina Thalbach – Krešimir Stražanac (Don Fernando) Lucio Gallo (Don Pizarro)...

• Zürich Opera House (Zurich, Switzerland)

Tchaikovsky's Iolanta

Peter Sellars, Teodor Currentzis – With Ekaterina Scherbachenko (Iolanta) and Pavel Cernoch (Vaudémont)...

• Teatro Real de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)

Ravel's L'Enfant et les Sortilèges

Laurent Pelly (stage director), Kazushi Ono (conductor) – With Khatouna Gadelia (Child), Élodie Méchain (Mère)...

Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress

Kazushi Ono, Robert Lepage – Laura Claycomb (Anne Trulove), Andrew Kennedy (Tom Rakewell)...

• Théâtre de la Monnaie (Brussels, Belgium)

Parsifal, The Search for the Grail

With Plácido Domingo, Violeta Urmana, Anna Netrebko...

• Mariinsky Theatre (St. Petersburg, Russia)