MusicWeb international
2007 July
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Robert J. Farr
2007 July
"This recording is taken from performances in the BPA Palais of staged performances of Dario Fo’s 1994 hyper-activity production that featured the bravura American mezzo Jennifer Larmore in the eponymous role. I stress the hyper-activity. Fo’s productions do not do things by half measures. If it is possible to have movement or extraneous stage activity or props, then Fo will include it ... This production is shared with the Teatro Communale, Bologna, whose orchestra play superbly under the direction of Donato Renzetti who conveys a natural feel for the idiom".