Just wondered if anyone else felt the orchestra was overpowering the singing yesterday? It was a great performance, hugely enjoyable, but...
There were places where I agree you could argue that, but it was always in the big ensemble numbers, such as the Act I finale, where outside the recording studio the detail will always suffer a bit. Personally speaking, from my perch in the upper slips I thought the balance was about right and l had no trouble hearing the voices at the end of In questa reggia, for example.
Alagna was on thrilling form I thought.