The costumes are quite up to standard and in the second act the production suggests the genuine nuance of different levels in society flung together by the stupid activities of the characters. Adina, the heroine, is rich and her home looks it. It is not a glassy palace of aluminium but a well planted version of Italian gentle country living. The plot is so silly it doesn't matter. We are half in or out of where the dinosaurs go to die.
Cast are on top form.
Dalia Farouk, saying everything with clarity, power and everything spot centre, in tune and without a shriek or quiver. Her acting was tactful. She loved him, and her acting was strong enough to suggest this. The Italian import for this lovable donkey was Corrado Amici, with a good, sturdy lyric voice. He sang 'una furtiva lagrima' in good manner, and that is enough for any Nemorino.