| Fortin was up to the demands of her role as Lady Macbeth, whether in the Act I cabaletta, the banquet's brindisi or the dramatic Act IV sleepwalking scene. |
| However, in the half of the cabaletta in the second act that is practically always axed, he emerges as someone who pits himself against harmonisation and sentimentality. |
| The only questionable tempo is the slow one that he chooses for the cabaletta of the opera's Act Two aria. |
| The duet for soprano and mezzo and its glittering cabaletta are distinguished by daring harmonics and challenging pyrotechnics. |
| Admittedly, his stratospheric high notes in the cabaletta are not comfortable, but he gives them a good try. |
| Rossini liked the cabaletta of Fanni's to such an extent that he reused it virtually intact in II barbiere di. |
