Renee Fleming was outstanding as always. The bass blew the audience away with his athletic portrayal of a fury from hell, and his voice, wow! As for the tenors, 5 of them play six characters, and there is even a tenor trio. The lead tenor not only sings high D, he is also eye candy. Quite a bit of "anything you can sing I can sing higher". The orchestration has some unusual moments as well, opening with bassoons and French horns featured. There are lovely string solos as well.