 The covers of video and audio-only versions of the album feature photographs taken during the concerts at which the recording was made.Barrymore Laurence Scherer reviewed one of the concerts from which the album was derived in "Gramophone" in May 1992.The singer whose contribution he enjoyed most was Marilyn Horne, who performed not only "Mura felici" from "La donna del lago" but also a "Di tanti palpiti" that was to have been sung by an indisposed June Anderson.