"Editor's choice: Covid restrictions are simply subsumed into a compelling version of Verdi's dark, brooding masterpiece. Homoki ostensibly updates the action to 1895 (for the Prologue) and 1920 (for the opera) ... Physical contact is impossible - practical restrictions are, in this production, movingly transmuted into psychological inability. Gerhaher ... presents Boccanegra as a nervous, selfquestioning Doge ... Vocally, it's a brilliantly managed performance ... There are some fine performances around him, too ... Fabio Luisi shapes the score lovingly and intelligently, capturing its dark colours beautifully ... This is a distinguished release. Highly recommended".