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Nathalie Stutzmann is perfection in her conducting. If I were conducting the work I would do every second like her. It would be pointless to detail how much she understood everything, down to the marvelous touches in the passages from the recitative to the musical numbers and the absolute perfection of the ornamentation. Peter Mattei is always a reference and Adam Plachetka was admirable. Federica Lombardi, magnificent, judiciously displayed a hysterical temperament in the etymological sense. (She needs a man.) Ana María Martinez, possessed, gives a glimpse at times of the parodic and slightly ridiculous side of her character. Ying Fang was a treat, also torn between naiveté and wit. Ben Bliss is a model of elegance. Superb Masetto (Alfred Walker) and Commendatore (Alexander Tsymbalyuk). All were held firmly by Stutzmann with memorable precision, lightness and finesse. One of the best Don Giovannis of my life.

About Mattei’s “Deh vieni alla finestra,” Lou Ann Darras says:

“sublime, legato singing at its best.”

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