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Thank goodness for no quirky ideas…The singers are all outstanding, led by James Morris’s warmly genial Sachs…and by Ben Heppner, who is an equally convincing Walther…Mattila not only looks gorgeous but sings ravishingly as Eva, while Sir Thomas Allen’s characterisation of Beckmesser is all his own…Levine’s conducting holds the performance together richly. — Penguin Guide, 2010, 4 out of 4 stars |