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This 1987 production by Sweden's Drottningholm Theatre is a solid, workmanlike, fairly undistinguished staging of a beloved operatic warhorse. Director Göran Järvefelt follows Lorenzo da Ponte's libretto faithfully, with sets and costumes copied nearly to the letter. Musically, the Drottningholm Theatre Orchestra and Chorus present a warm account of Mozart's score under conductor Arnold Östman's sensitive baton. The attractive cast is able enough, led by Sylvia Lindenstrand's sweetly characterized Countess and Georgina Resick's tough-minded Susanna. All in all, this is a quite competent reading of Mozart's most richly humane comedy that is sure to find a place in the libraries of opera completists, but since there are more accomplished accounts available, it doesn't need to be anyone's first choice. --Kevin Filipski
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