MusicWeb international
2020 July
By
By
Paul Corfield Godfrey
2020 July
"Recommended: After so many recent operatic productions on DVD where the intentions of the composer are sacrificed on the altar of the 'message' that the director wishes to convey ... it comes as something of a shock to encounter a presentation such as this, where the sense to reality is so firmly ensconced ... Both Eric Cutler and David Portillo are well on top of the often difficult music provided for them by Mozart ... The orchestra ...is of a full-sized scale, and like the massive chorus fully justifies the approach of Ivor Bolton ... The production was commissioned jointly not only by Madrid's Teatro Real, but also by ... Copenhagen's Royal Danish Opera ... so this presentation, if not this cast, will presumably be familiar to viewers on both sides of the Atlantic. The film direction by François Rousillon is excellent ... and altogether this video deserves the highest recommendation".