Bononcini knew his music theatre craft...Oberlinger is well served by a committed ensemble of singers, notably the Dutch contralto Helena Rasker who as Glauco has the kind of chest register that makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand to attention.

Dorothee Oberlinger and Ensemble 1700 deftly bring dramatic characters and situations to life in this live recording of a staged production...There are a few momentary blemishes in balance and vocal tuning but there is plenty to admire about Bononcini’s imagination and skill.

[Oberlinger] obtains neat, lively playing from her Ensemble 1700, perhaps in the final analysis lacking only a measure of Italianate flair...her cast do the opera proud. The casting of Roberta Invernizzi and Roberta Mameli, long experienced in this repertoire, as the joint heroines Galatea and Silla pays strong dividends, both acquitting themselves admirably…Throughout, the sharply pointed and idiomatic delivery of recitative is an additional pleasure.