An Interesting Ambience - Puccini's 'Madama Butterfly' at Arizona Opera, reviewed by Maria Nockin

Thrilled Beyond Measure - Jurowski conducts the LPO, heard by Bill Newman

Paying Homage - Nikolai Demidenko plays Schubert at London's Wigmore Hall, heard by Bill Newman

Some like it Old-fashioned - Verdi's 'Aida' began the 2012 season at Parma's Teatro Regio, and Giuseppe Pennisi was there

A Memorable Occasion - Redwood, Shostakovich, Janácek and Mozart from André de Ridder and Sinfonia Viva, heard by Mike Wheeler

Remarkable Performance - Eisler, Gershwin, Mozart, Poulenc, Schumann and Weill from Katie Bray and William Vann, heard by Mike Wheeler

Great Success - Willian Christie's 'The Enchanted Island', reviewed by Gregory Moomjy

An Extraordinary Performance - 'The Enchanted Island' live in HD, reviewed by Maria Nockin

Superbly Interpreted - Jonathan Biss plays Beethoven and Janácek, heard by Bill Newman

Useful Spice - Giuseppe Pennisi discovers, via Bernstein's 'Candide', why we don't live in 'the best of all possible worlds'

Fun-and-games Time - Mike Wheeler listens to Venetian pianist Alessandro Taverna

The Turning Point - Giuseppe Pennisi was in eastern Sicily for the opening night of Teatro Massimo Bellini's 2012 season - a low cost but high quality 'Carmen'

Lilting Charm - Bill Newman listens to the Danish String Quartet

Brilliant in the Extreme - Mozart and Brahms from the Razumovsky Ensemble, enjoyed by Bill Newman

Dramatic Excitement - Christian Blackshaw has begun his Mozart piano sonata Marathon in London, and Bill Newman was in the audience

A Variety of Events - Giuseppe Pennisi reports on music for the Christmas and New Year period in Italy, for children and for those who love children

2011 Specials - A roundup of London concerts enjoyed by Bill Newman, featuring recitals by Alice Sara Ott, the Emerson Quartet, Martin Fröst and Roland Pontinen, the Orchestra of the Polish EU Presidency, Kreeta-Julia Heikkilä and Roope Grondahl, and Martino Tirimo's Rosamunde Trio

Ask Alice - A visit to Covent Garden for 'Die Meistersinger', with Classical Music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

Successful and Fulfilling - On the rediscovery of the Italian symphonic tradition, by Giuseppe Pennisi

Invigorating Performance - Handel's 'Messiah' from Derby Choral Union, reviewed by Mike Wheeler

'Back to Bloch' - Sybil Michelow on the Importance of being Ernest Bloch

Breezy Treatment - Familiar and unfamiliar music from The Sitwell Singers, reviewed by Mike Wheeler

A Triumphant Macbeth - Under Riccardo Muti's baton, Verdi's first Shakespearean opera inaugurates Rome's opera season, by Giuseppe Pennisi

Deeply Affecting - A Remembrance Concert in Clapham, attended by Michael Graubart

Beautifully Tragic - Tom Taffinder reports on Stephen Sondheim's 'Merrily We Roll Along' at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama

Plenty to Bite Into - Derby Concert Orchestra celebrates Christmas, heard by Mike Wheeler

Excellent Stagecraft - Gounod's 'Faust' transmitted live in high definition from New York Metropolitan Opera, reviewed by Maria Nockin

A Balanced Exploration - Mike Wheeler listens to Ensemble Viva play Schumann, Mendelssohn and Beethoven

Of Bagatelles and Weightier Matters - Julian Jacobson reports on the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe's Beethoven Senior Intercollegiate Piano Competition

An Immoralist Black Comedy - Giuseppe Pennisi reports on a controversial new production of Mozart's 'Don Giovanni' which opened La Scala's 2011-12 season in Milan

Quite Superb - Julian Jacobson plays Beethoven, heard by Bill Newman

Thoughtful Performance - Derby Bach Choir's Christmas concert, reviewed by Mike Wheeler

Wonderful Music - Works by Julian Anderson, Mozart and Tchaikovsky performed by Janine Jansen, Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, enjoyed by Bill Newman

Airy Textures - The Piatti String Quartet, heard by Mike Wheeler

Believable Characters - Handel's 'Rodelinda' at New York Metropolitan Opera, reviewed from the HD transmission by Maria Nockin

A Triumphant Return - Gounod's 'Faust' at New York Metropolitan Opera, reviewed by Gregory Moomjy

Flying Colours - Yelian He and Yasmin Rowe play Chopin, Beethoven and Piazzolla, heard by Bill Newman

Most Interesting - 'Satyagraha' by Philip Glass, reviewed by Maria Nockin

Poetic Insight - A recital by Erdem Misirlioglu, reviewed by Bill Newman

Exciting Sonorities - Oliver Rudland's 'The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark', enjoyed by Robert Anderson and a six-year-old friend

Power and Delicacy - Alexander Romanovsky plays Haydn and Rachmaninov, heard by Mike Wheeler

Luminous Scoring - Jongen, Dukas, Fauré, Respighi and Messiaen from Jonathan Scott, Cristian Mandeal and the Hallé Orchestra, reviewed by Mike Wheeler

Thrilling Singing - Elgar and Duruflé with a surprise soloist, heard by Mike Wheeler

Tormented Souls - Sex and power in the aftermath of a Middle Eastern war, when 'Semiramide' opens the opera season in Naples, reported by Giuseppe Pennisi

Stunning Portrayals - Debussy and Bartók, reviewed by Bill Newman

Convincing Jazz - Will Todd's 'Mass in Blue', heard by Mike Wheeler

Fascinatingly Varied - The Eblana String Trio and David Curington at Derby Chamber Music, reviewed by Mike Wheeler

Courage and Finesse - A recital by pianist Arisu Nakao, heard by Bill Newman

Tonal Refinement - Cédric Tiberghien plays Debussy Preludes, reviewed by Bill Newman

Wagnerian Glory - 'Siegfried' from New York in HD, appreciated by Maria Nockin

A Tragic Programme - Tom Taffinder reports from Welsh National Opera

Sharply Etched - Mozart and Shostakovich from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, reviewed by Mike Wheeler

Romeo makes love to LA! - Barbier and Carré's version of Shakespeare, as set by Charles Gounod, reviewed by Maria Nockin

Brilliant Throughout - Kirill Karabits conducts the RPO, reviewed by Bill Newman

Very Moving - A recital by Janine Jansen and Itamar Golan, heard by Bill Newman

Pyrotechnic Skills - Lionel Cottet and Louis Schwizgebel-Wang play Beethoven, Schubert, Zanon and Brahms, and impress Bill Newman

Faust versus Faust - Two concerts conducted by Antonio Pappano, reviewed by Giuseppe Pennisi

Imperious Disdain - Tchaikovsky's 'The Queen of Spades', reviewed by Mike Wheeler

Deliciously Bubbly - James Baillieu plays Beethoven, Schumann, Gottschalk and Paganini via Liszt, heard by Mike Wheeler

The Future? - A performance by Operama, reviewed by Karen Haid

The Lady without the Lake - Rossini at La Scala, reviewed by Giuseppe Pennisi

Innermost Passions - Ralph Kirshbaum and Shai Wosner play Beethoven, Janácek, Brahms and Schumann, enjoyed by Bill Newman

Special Musical Connections - Bill Newman attends a fundraising concert for the Raphael Sommer Foundation

Nearly Late Romantic - Giuseppe Pennisi was at the opening night of the new production in Florence of Janácek's 'The Makropoulos Case'

Rapturous Praises - Yasmin Rowe, Sarah Sew and Tadashi Imai at London's Wigmore Hall, heard by Bill Newman

Neatly Sung - Handel's 'Flavio' from English Touring Opera, by Robert Hugill

Vividly Captured - A piano recital by Richard Uttley, heard by Mike Wheeler

Bustling Energy - A mainly classical programme from Derby Concert Orchestra, reviewed by Mike Wheeler

A Fine Representation - Donizetti's 'Anna Bolena' at New York Metropolitan Opera, enjoyed by Maria Nockin

Sheer Triumph - Chicago's Music of the Baroque season opens with Beethoven and Mozart, reviewed by Barbara Sealock

A Tale of Two Conductors - Robert Anderson attends two orchestral concerts in London

Complex Orchestration - Giuseppe Pennisi visits the Verdi Festival, which is short of money but not of ideas

Energy and Grandeur - Derby Cathedral Choir celebrates the anniversary of William Boyce, heard by Mike Wheeler

Dance Rhythms - A visit from the Moscow Philharmonic, reviewed by Mike Wheeler

Seated on a Cloud - Vadim Gluzman and the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vassily Sinaisky, reviewed by Bill Newman

Clarity of Expression - Yasmin Rowe plays for the Keyboard Charitable Trust, reviewed by Bill Newman

Intense and Believable - Handel's 'Xerxes', reviewed by Robert Hugill

Beautifully Controlled - Mike Wheeler listens to Suk, Dvorák, Ravel and Debussy from the Hallé Orchestra in Nottingham

A Little Bit of Magic - Purcell's 'The Fairy Queen', reviewed by Robert Hugill

Time is a Strange Thing - Teatro Real, Paris Opéra and La Scala join forces for the centenary of 'Der Rosenkavalier', reported by Giuseppe Pennisi