L’infedeltà costante

Composer: Joseph Haydn
Conductor: Alan Curtis
Orchestra: Il Complesso Barocco
Artists: Anna Bonitatibus
Format: SACD-Hybrid
Recording label: DHM/Sony BMG
Release date: Febbraio 2008

Anna Bonitatibus offers exemplary interpretations throughout, and even renders the apocalyptic prospect of Orlando paladino attractive; but it’s the haughtiness of “Ho un tumore in un ginocchio” that is most entertaining, the heroine’s bogus sickness suggested by the dainty tunefulness with which she feigns a coughing fit.

Andy Gill
The Indipendent 29.05.09