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Opera 'Jane Eaglen milks the name-part for all that it's worth, floating the voice in moments of tenderness, hard-hitting and incisive when consumed by vengeful fury. As her rival, Yvonne Kenny offers a near perfect contrast... Bruce Ford brings a suitably heroic ring... and his sense of style extends to some tasteful decoration of repeats. Raúl Giménez as his rival does all that can be done for a part that has no business to be there at all... two tenors so distinctive in timbre yet both equipped with the requisite technique. Alastair Miles is an admirable Creonte...' |