Don Carlo

This opera, often rated today as Verdi’s supreme masterpiece, is an adaptation of Schiller’s epic of counter-Reformation Spain which dramatises the clash between political principle and personal feeling in a score rich in lyrical beauty and high emotion. For this revival of Nicholas Hytner’s production, Bertrand de Billy will conduct a strong cast led by Bryan Hymel in the title role, Christoph Pohl as the noble Marquis of Posa and Ekaterina Semenchuk as the scheming Princess Eboli. Royal Opera House, London WC2 (020 7304 4000), FriMay 29