"While the director plays up the elements of chaos ... and incipient cruelty, his modern-dress staging, complete with video-installations, is theatrically compelling and psychologically convincing. In a uniformly fine, camera-friendly cast, all the singers throw themselves with gusto into their roles and interact vividly ... Arquez rightly dominates, vocally and dramatically ... Carydis's direction, always responsive to the singers, meshes well with the production ... For freshness and consistency of singing, the Frankfurt performance wins".