Most of the work is punctuated with recitatives and arias with not much choral work but the work did not bore me at all. |
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Arias, recitatives and choruses all profit from his lavish and quite astounding musico-theatrical imagination. |
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The musical mainstay was the organ, played by James Vivian, who didn't stop for the two and three quarter hours of the performance, except during the recitatives. |
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Music-director-cum-pianist Raisa Nakhmanovich emphasized the musical drama while correctly keeping the cabalettas slow, the cavatinas dreamy and the recitatives intense. |
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