Singing is good but the picture ( settings rather empty and over-simplified ) is not as good and the orchestra is not so good. The tempo as a whole is fast, particularly the overture. Yes, the audience then preferred a faster pace, but certainly not rushing.The orchestra was not supportting the singer(s): outpacing or else eclipsing the singers here and there--few conductors except Toscanini would perfer such a tempo. The odd accentuations added by the conductor totally failed to dramatize but were quite enough to scare the comfort and peace of the audience off. There is little drama, nor poetry, nor lyricism. The whole opera is chopped up into pieces. One gets the feeling that this is just a rehearsal instead of any serious performance save and except some great individual singings. The result: it sounds a mixture of Mozart's metal-scraping giggling and the noble music he promised us!