In many respects this was a very decent house performance in the supporting cast, combined with some excellent orchestral playing, in a thoughtful and moving staging. Yet it was elevated well beyond that, by two outstanding singing-actors at the peak of their powers, finding a truthfulness at a point in the work where it almost always falls flat. As Jaho floated her final note into nothingness, it felt that we had also gone on a journey deep into love and loss. The audience responded by giving the cast a fabulously warm reception.