Janet Baker is fabulous in this performance. She has ‘trouser role’ down just about perfectly! I love seeing the different expressions on her face & hearing them in her voice as she works with the character.

Speiser & Gale are each good (as Euridice & Amor) without being spectacular. The chorus and dancers are great! The scene of Furies & Ghosts is really good – costumes are particularly exciting.

All in all, a great traditional reading of this opera. There are a lot of instrumental sections, filled with dance on stage, which can take a bit of getting used to. The lyre also often looks a bit like a prop which has to be carried around on stage just because it’s written into the opera.

But I thoroughly enjoyed it!