"Not to be too blunt about it, the sets and costumes are dreary enough to turn the fiercest Puritan into a Baal-ist... Conductor Friedrich Haider leads a well-paced, and as mentioned, almost complete performance, very sympathetic to the singers. He plays it for its bel canto grace and delicacy and the orchestra responds beautifully; the ensemble work is superb. In short, this is a fine Puritani, with the main roles taken by major talents".