And so to two very successful performances, despite the unfortunate weather which certainly didn't provide the requisite balmy mediterranean sunshine required by the production and the set. Ah, the joys of open-air performances in England! Nevertheless the audiences were enraptured, and many have deemed it the 'best ever Bampton opera yet'. The performances had great energy, musicianship and fantastic comic timing, and once again we feel that we have successfully breathed new life into a forgotten opera of quality and merit.