'Faust & Furious: After London Withdrawal, Anna Netrebko Hardens with Riccardo and Chiara Muti's 'Manon Lescaut' in Rome

Covent Garden aside, Zachary Woolfe of the New York Times has good words for Netrebko in Rome, where she dutifully followed Riccardo Muti in Puccini's 'Manon Lescaut.' Muti is known, of course, for his rigorous rehearsal regimen (and for not suffering fools).