"Here the staging by Damiano Michieletto is ... simplistic with water and ice, including an icy boulder suspended above, evoking the "icy atmosphere of a society that despises women" according to a rather brief note in the accompanying booklet ... The one positive is that it encourages the viewer to focus on the characters and their voices, which I guess in the long run is a good thing. At the same time, one gets used to the watery setting especially in such admirable performances by the principals and the Staatskapelle Berlin under Simon Rattle ... I have nothing but praise for Camilla Nylund's Jenůfa. Vocally, she is fresh-voiced, ... mesmerizing and inhabits her role as well as any I have heard ... Simon Rattle has become a fine Janáček conductor, as witnessed here and elsewhere in recent years".