Making his role debut as her lover Cavaradossi, lyric tenor Robyn Lyn Evans was magnificent, and as good to watch as he was to listen to. His ability to sustain Puccini’s long, verismo lines and soar seemingly effortlessly to the top of the tenor register was quite spellbinding. In those scenes of tender emotion, and whether singing solo or in one of the tight ensembles, his performance was of the very highest order, never more so than in his heartfelt rendition of E lucevan le stelle – When the stars were brightly shining – snippets of which we were singing all the way home!