Oliver Stokowski / Recenzie

The music, conducted by Rene Jacobs, was excellent. From the Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin, the orchestra maintained a lively and rhythmic pulse, the distinct sounds of Purcell’s instrumentation constant in the midst of the whirligig of activity of actors and singers unrolling the narrative on the stage above them. Continuo too emphasized the constancy of the musical line. The Staatsoper Choir, under the direction of Martin Wright, retained its elegant weight throughout.