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Doubling as vocalist and conductor, Angiolini is joined by fine singers in this rarely recorded late work. Giacomo Nanni’s sonorous ‘Fra l’ombre e gl’orrori’ is a particular highlight

There’s a top-notch cast and detailed work from all involved in Jetske Mijnssen’s production that reframes Handel’s opera as a modern family psychodrama.

Welsh folk songs and an original composition sit alongside Liszt, Chopin, Handel and Elgar in a misty-eyed first half, before a more monochrome performance of Schubert’s Trout Quintet

Alice Coote’s vengeful Juno steals the show in Oliver Mears’ bleak and occasionally fussy production

4/5 Oliver Mears’ creates a darker and more sinister take on Handel’s opera, with an impressive cast including Pretty Yende in the title role

Ruth Knight’s production captures the menace and high stakes in this deliciously devilish power struggle with Lucy Crowe whirling her sword like Uma Thurman in Kill Bill

Barrie Kosky’s remarkable 2015 production returns to the summer festival with Christopher Purves and Iestyn Davies superb in the lead roles

Event, a highlight of city of culture celebrations, will involve 500 musicians playing everything from Mozart to bhangra

William Christie is as busy as ever in a season celebrating his 80th birthday, conducting, playing the harpsichord, administering his Les Arts Florissants orchestral and vocal ensemble and teaching at The Juilliard School as he sticks with Baroque repertoire on period instruments, staying away from more modern composers