"Editor's choice: As revivals of forgotten operas go this is a gem ... finely sung, of an opera that owes its 200 years' neglect more to the circumstances of its making than to the music ... Don Meschino - a marvellous comic role, wonderfully well realised by Pietro Spagnoli ... Soprano Greta Doveri, who sings Chiara ... which Doveri delivers with rare aplomb ... Soprano Fan Zhou, dazzling in the cabaletta of her Act 2 aria, and tenor Hyun-Seo Davide Park are equally impressive ... The highly experienced Sesto Quatrini conducts Donizetti's winningly orchestrated score with flair and pinpoint precision. Even at his quickest, he's never so quick that this superbly drilled Milanese ensemble isn't with him all the way ... No lover of Donizetti can afford to miss [this recording]".
