Richard Bratby

Committed performances – but who was the granny? Northern Ireland Opera’s Eugene Onegin reviewed

Plus: Welsh National Opera's Rigoletto was all about Soraya Mafi's Gilda

Mary McCabe (Tatyana) and Yuriy Yurchuk (Oneegin) in Northern Ireland Opera's Eugene Onegin. Image: Neil Harrison Photography/Northern Ireland Opera
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  • Eugene Onegin

    Grand Opera House, Belfast

  • Rigoletto

    Wales Millennium Centre, and touring until 16 November

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