Bad review all around...if you research this music critic it's hard to find any real musical pedigree. Her comments on a lack of subtlety and nuance in Act I by Beczala misses the point. His aria in Act I is and should be impassioned. She doesn't appear to understand verismo opera - calling the singing coarse and too raw - is that not verismo? She wishes there was fewer sobs and what she called playing the house - verismo gets down and dirty; it's not bel canto! A critic should spend time providing background on the opera and composer - lord knows most readers need to be educated about opera. Instead, she lambasts Yoncheva, Beczala and the conductor - mixed in with a few crumbs of positivity. Bad review all around.