A Crown Court judge who can command any courtroom finds herself powerless in her own home when an unthinkable event threatens to unravel everything she's built. This breathless production, anchored by a towering central performance, barely lets you catch your breath, and that's exactly why it works.

Wagner's Tristan und Isolde is one of the most extraordinary works in the history of Western music, and experiencing it on the big screen is something close to a revelation. This is a review for anyone who has ever wondered whether opera might be for them, and for anyone who already knows it is.