Some further musical idea comes from the orchestra, where the expert gesture of Pinchas Steinberg extracts an unexpected richness of patterns from the score.
There is no melancholy, no tears on the humming choir, but yes, there is the cultured and international breathing of a Puccini free from provincialism.
Translated from CARLA MORENI, IL SOLE 24 ORE, 14 NOVEMBER 2010