Title: Truly horrible
Product review: I have just received and watched the Covent Garden performance with Di Donato and Flores. To compare, I went back to my previous favourite -- the performance with Bartoli, Kuebler and Quilico. Both in their own way are quite wonderful.Then, I had another look and this performance. Words fail me as much as this humourless production fails the opera. The sets are over-extravagant and bear little relation to what is happening -- other than to give lots of items for unnecessary business and to show off the revolving stage. Kasarova has a wonderful and controlled voice, but she really likes showing off her chest and she continually overacts. Lanza (any relation to Mario?) has just stepped out of a spaghetti western and mostly sings as though he was in a Broadway musical. Macias plays Figaro as though he is a mafia hood. Chauson and Ghiaurov sing well, but are badly directed.My very strong advice would be steer clear of this and get both of the ones mentioned at the top.
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