Anna Netrebko enchanted audiences and critic alike when she sang her first ever Elvira at the Met, and this DVD captures all the freshness and spontaneity of her acclaimed performance. "The prolonged ovation Netrebko received after the Act II mad scene threatened to slop the performance midway." The New York Times "Netrebko has that bel canto gift of singing like a windswept lark on a bright day, and an acting style combining the natural with the daring." The New York Post