Title: Wonderful
Product review: I attended one of the performances that were taped for this release - which sat in the vaults for several years. (There are 2 other Met productions that were taped and remain unreleased: "Wozzeck" (rumored to be included on the upcoming James Levine tribute set) and "Salome" with Mattila and conducted by Gergiev when the production was new (not the same as the HD telecast several years later.) In any case, this "Ariadne auf Naxos" was a wonderful performance. The production is magnificent: by turns fanciful, fantastic, and realistic. The singing was great. This was Deborah Voigt before she got her stomach stapled and lost her voice. In this run she sounded glorious. So did Dessay in a physically demanding role. Susan Mentzer sounded occasionally strained, but pulled through every time. And Richard Margison sang Bacchus like few have managed. Levine conducted magnificently - this has always been one of his favorite scores. It's a must see!
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