"I found the music engaging, better than some earlier critics claimed, and at times remarkable for a work written in about a month. It is not Alcina or Giulio Cesare, but Handel - occasionally here on autopilot - is rarely dull or merely formulaic for very long ... But this production is generally intelligent enough to treat the characters seriously, avoid unintentional humour, and hold one's sympathy throughout. It is well-filmed ... Otherwise this is as far as I am aware the only filmed Arminio available, but even so it is hard to imagine that a better one will come along any time soon".