Title: Initial Impressions
Review: An excellent performance all around. Soderstrom and cast in excellent voice conducted by a specialist. First introduced to Janacek by the Sinfonietta, one finds all the elements that distinguish his music as his own and thus pervades the music of his operas so one may discern a sameness but I think one could say the same of several operas by Strauss, a result of a music theater that discards separate arias, ensembles etc. and emphasises sung through drama. Barely a dissonant note, very easy to listen to.
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