"Musically it isn't bad, with Anna Nechaeva an appealingly sensuous Zemfire and Francesca, sturdy Greek baritones as jealous heavies Aleko and Lorenzaccio, and veteran Sergei Leiferkus excellent as the demented Knight. Mikhail Tatarnikov conducts the Monnaie's players with youthful vigour ... But visually this adds precisely nothing ... In all, the stylisation feels so random ... This is just disappointing"

"Ein Rarissimum: alle drei einaktigen Opern des jugendlichen Sergej Rachmaninow als Troika an einem Abend. Das hat das Brüsseler Théâtre de la Monnaie mit einer soliden russischen Besetzung gewagt, aus der der Altmeister Sergei Leiferkus charakterstark heraussticht ... Spass macht das gross besetzte Orchester unter Mikhail Tatarnikov mit seinen schwärzlichen Farben ... Von einer Inszenierung kann man nur bedingt sprechen. Kirsten Dehlholm ... stellt die drei Werke als statische Oratorien auf ... Eine entfesselte Kostümshow von Manon Kündig"

Vurdering: 4/5

"Kirsten Dehlholm, kendt fra Hotel Pro Forma, fik sidste år æren af som den første nogensinde at iscenesætte den første samlede sceniske opførelse af Rachmaninovs tre enaktere: Aleko, Den nærige Ridder og Francesca da Rimini ... Produktionens dirigent, Mikhail Tatarniko, beskriver ... "For at være helt ærlig er komponisten alt, de har til fælles" ... Kirsten Dehlholm kalder værkerne for henholdsvis opera som teater, opera som arkitektur og opera som en visuel kunstform"

"Dehlholm's production is a sorry excuse for a staging, barely a step up from a costumed concert performance: costumed oratorio rather than opera ... Kostas Smoriginas is a stentorian Aleko ... Leiferkus is still in fine voice The miserly knight, but his knight is already available on video ... Francesca da Rimini is the strongest opera of Rachmaninov's trilogy. Dehlholm stages it with similar costumes to Aleko but with colour drained to simple black and white. It looks more like a zebra crossing ... a crying shame when the vocal performances are so strong ... The Monnaie Orchestra play with tremendous verve, but Bel Air's horrible, boxy sound is another deterrent to enjoyment in this disappointing release"