To start with I didn't know what to make of this. It seemed a little silly singing the phone call. However, as the call got underway I was gripped. This was helped because Danielle de Niese has, unusually for an opera, very clear diction without becoming artificial. Throughout the opera her emotions become more and more extreme and were utterly convincing. By the end the creation of total pathos was complete.
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