MusicWeb international2019 NovemberByByMike Parr (musikanmelder)2019 November"This release is certainly the most enjoyable new opera recording that I have encountered in some time. It is a splendid souvenir of a memorable musical event, and one that you should strongly consider purchasing".Read review
The gramophone2019 NovemberByByRichard Osborne (f. 1943)2019 November"The drive and authority of [Wilson's] conducting work wonders for the piece. I like the way she rescues the Overture (reused by Rossini in revised form for Otello in Naples in 1816) from buffo banality by giving it a rumbustious, even dangerous feel. I also like the way the performance culminates in an electrifying account of the Act 2 quartet ... Both [Pizzolato and Tarver] are class acts ... Put on the discs, forget the plot and enjoy the music would be my advice".