 The role could have been tailor-made for her.Ruth Welting, too, was "accomplished", but both Jules Bastin and Nicolai Gedda were disappointing.Bastin lacked the "finesse and vocal elegance" for Pandolfe, and Gedda was doubly disqualified from singing Prince Charming by his considerable years and his not being the "en travesti" mezzo-soprano that Massenet had intended.