The music is attractive and workmanlike, without being especially memorable...Maurizio Lo Piccolo in the small part of Diego is the best of the men but both ladies are excellent: Jessica Pratt makes a commanding Isabella and Wakaka Ono spins a beautiful legato line. Their duet, in mellifluous thirds, is a high point.

[Wakako Ono gives] a neatly sung performance of a woman who seems to be a gentle creature...Ono and Jessica Pratt create a lovely blending of tones...Pratt begins her role not too impressively, with some unsupported low notes, but before long she is well into her part...Isabella's plea to heaven to end her suffering makes a powerful conclusion...and Pratt delivers it in full and steady voice...Lovers of bel canto opera should be interested

Vaccaj is an attractive, if not particularly original, melodist. But his dramatic sense is exceptional, and the opera has an implacable momentum that makes it compelling...Wakako Ono's Beatrice sounds suitably alluring, but the star is Jessica Pratt as Isabella, fearsomely impressive in a big role bel canto divas should, by rights, have been queuing to sing for decades.