content: Maybe hearing all the superlatives before actually hearing this recording made me expect too much, but I just can't see what all the fuss is about. Granted, the singing is quite good, but I've heard better portrayals of all the roles on other sets. I'm a huge Sutherland fan, and on this set I even found her lacking. I suspect I'll be lambasted for my heretical views, but I just don't think this is the greatest recording of Don Giovanni I've heard.