The picture quality was only so-so. The left-most portion of the picture
was somewhat blurry. The theater management attributed this to
"keystoning" of the picture. I'm not entirely sure what that means, but
I believe that it has to do with the projector being off axis with the
screen. Otherwise the picture was OK, with good color. Even at its best,
however, the picture was not up to the 35mm print I saw at the AFI in 1993.

Regarding the music--another mixed bag. The sound was excellent, the
music bright and clear. But the AFI dispensed with the overture in its
entirely, perhaps reasoning (incorrectly as far as I was concerned) that
after the speeches, no one would be interested in listening to a
4-minute overture before the start of the film proper. At the
intermission point, following the final notes of the first act (and true
to the DVD mastering), the entr'acte immediately began. The entr'acte
played completely through, while the intermission card stayed on the
screen. Only then did the house lights come up. Following the
intermission, the second act began without further introductory music,
with Rodrigo bursting through the doors of Alfonso's throne room. At the
end of the film, the choral exit music was properly played.