The Magic Flute review – humour, colour and plenty of drama in Opera North’s kooky take

A lively revival of James Brining’s occasionally enigmatic staging sees Soraya Mafi make an exceptional role debut as a tenacious and principled Pamina

Festen review – Turnage’s taut new opera grips, appals and moves

Mark-Anthony Turnage’s varied musical palette, Lee Hall’s unfussy libretto and Richard Jones’s focused staging of the tragedy of a family deeply scarred by abuse drives the drama inexorably in a remarkable production

LSO/Pappano review – salty breezes and a balmy Mediterranean sunset

An all-British programme – of Maconchy, Walton and Vaughan Williams – brought vivid colours and plenty of atmosphere

Prague Symphony Orchestra /Brauner/Montero review – tragic mood painting, emphatic force and disarming improvisation

A welcome return for this orchestra and their conductor saw a beautifully spooky Dvořák and a blazing Shostakovich, while soloist Montero imposed herself on Prokofiev and riffed on Beethoven

The week in classical: The Flying Dutchman; LSO/ Harding, Trifonov; The Marriage of Figaro – review

As funding cuts start to bite, Opera North’s forces pull together in an asylum-themed take on Wagner

Argerich/Maisky/Ivanov review – legendary pianist brings her irrepressible brilliance to chamber music programme

Martha Argerich joined with Mischa Maisky and Yossif Ivanov to perform music by Haydn, Mendelssohn and Schubert, but it was her solo Bach that was a special evening’s particular highlight

BBCSSO/Gerts review – multitasking Currie makes a joyful noise

An enormous orchestra and an ever mobile Colin Currie gave the UK debut of Olga Neuwirth’s dizzying and witty work, inspired by the story of a robot gone rogue

The Marriage of Figaro review – WNO’s staging has punch and plenty to savour

The 2016 production – revived by Max Hoehn – emphasises the farcical rather than subversive aspects of Mozart’s opera. It took a while to settle down, with conductor Kerem Hasan setting a frenetic pace

John Field: Complete Nocturnes album review – Alice Sara Ott does pioneering composer proud

John Field’s neglected oeuvre is played with great affection by the German-Japanese pianist

Mahler: Symphony No7 album review – sheer brilliance: this is one of the finest Mahler 7’s on disc

Simon Rattle and the BRSO’s account of Mahler’s tricky seventh symphony is direct and vivid.

The Marriage of Figaro review – Mozart as hotel farce is sparky but scrappy

Joe Hill-Gibbins’ stylish 2020 staging finally gets a full run, with Nardus Williams in glorious voice as the Countess matched by a strong cast

LSO/Harding/Trifonov review – nuanced and individual Schumann, then propulsive Mahler

Making a much-anticipated London appearance, Daniil Trifonov balanced lyricism and vigour in Schumann. Daniel Harding’s well-judged account of Mahler 7 caught the symphony’s sense of impending disintegration

BBCSO/Biss/Hrůša review – radiance, juggernaut power and soulfulness

The conductor put his stamp on the BBCSO programme with lyrical Haas, energising Beethoven, introspective Schubert and Schostakovich that may have been the loudest orchestral music ever heard at the Barbican

The Flying Dutchman review – Opera North production draws small boats into Wagner’s tale

Annabel Arden’s introduction of refugees is thought-provoking and moving, while seasoned performances keep the metaphorical ships on course

Samson Tsoy: Inmost Heart: Bach, Brahms, Busoni, Reger review – the pianist’s subtle, searching debut

Playing Brahms’s transcriptions of Bach and Handel, then Reger and Busoni takes on Brahms, Tsoy contemplates creativity across centuries in this fine recital