 Christine Barbaux was an "effective and unaffectedly childlike" "en travesti" Yniold, and there was no cause for complaint either about Nadine Denize's Geneviève.The only soloist who was significantly disappointing was Ruggero Raimondi.It was not his fault that his Arkel sounded too much like Pascal Thomas's physician in their scene at Mélisande's death bed, but he should have defined the King's character more clearly, and he should have been more conscientious in observing Debussy's meticulously crafted speech rhythms (a sin of which some of his colleagues were guilty too, although not to the same extent).