All the confrontations are wonderfully done, the father/daughter duet and the end of Act 1 being especially intense and exciting, the last scene raises a lump in the throat as well. The staging is always interesting and with plenty of emotional impact and drama. Visually, the production is very attractive with lovely, with the dark wood being simple but not too bland, detail, beautiful use of colour and great atmosphere. This 2018 production is one of the 2017/2018 season's highlights, yet another revival and a triumphant one at that. The one that is cherished most by me is the 1979 production with Renata Scotto, Placido Domingo and Sherrill Milnes, a treasure which saw some of the finest performers at the Met at that time at the top of their game. It is very well served on record and DVD, one of the most consistent DVD competitions of all the Verdi operas where all the productions are never less than well worth watching. And the music with Rodolfo's "Quando Le Sere Al Placido" and Miller's "Sacra La Scelta.Ah Fu Giusto" being the most famous arias is tuneful, catchy and beautiful. The story is still compelling stuff mostly, especially in the very dramatic confrontations (the highlights of these confrontations being the Act 2 one between Luisa and Wurm and the Act 3 father/daughter duet, the latter of which a psychological masterpiece) and the intensely moving final scene (it's also easy to follow unlike 'I Lombardi' and especially the notoriously convoluted 'Il Trovatore', and doesn't feel sprawling like 'I Vespri Siciliani' and 'La Forza Del Destino'). However, out of Verdi's early operas, which generally are unfairly overshadowed by his middle period and late operas (though on the most part there is a preference to the operas from those periods), 'Luisa Miller' is one of his better ones along with 'Macbeth'. 'Luisa Miller' is not quite one of Verdi's strongest plot-wise, it's not always plausible and is occasionally staid.
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