“… He [Mastroni] has both agility to cope with the more florid demands and the tessitura to penetrate the black depths of ‘Fr l’ombre’ … Bridelli is superb. This Galetea is no shrinking iolet, firm and controlled in the shaping of the cantible of the exquisitely lovely ‘Sforzano’, emotionally highly charged at the climax of the drama. Pe, too, is outstanding, singing always on the note, irresistible in the charming lilt of a perfectly-phrased ‘Qui l’augel’, deeply moving in the sustained lines of his final moments…”