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The Best of Italian Opera
from: EMI Classics
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0724356972322
Label: EMI Classics
Manufacturer: EMI Classics
MPN: 69723
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: EMI Classics
Release Date: January 21, 1997
Studio: EMI Classics
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Rating:  - An excellent collection of singers from the past century
This is an excellent CD of singers from the past century, origonally recorded in analog and very well remastered.
Rating:  - Italian Opera CD
This was advertised as a salute to Robert Merrill. It is not, it a collection of Opera stars and more arias are sung by Victoria de Los Angeles than anyone else which is okay because the recordings are superb. I would be a bit more specific in the future.
Rating: - Great Stuff
The sound quality of this disc is surprisingly good, very good for an ADD. All the selections captured each singer in his/her top form. It is a real treat that this disc contains many work that were not normally in certain singer's repertoire. Gedda's Aida, Moffo's Rossini-Rosina and Cherobino, for example, all were superbly sung. Even Moffo's Lucia sounds much better than I have ever heard in other places.
Rating:  - A Great Introduction to Italian Opera
The artists on this CD succeed in their goal to create a CD that displays great Italian opera. Carlo del Monte and Victoria de los Angeles open the disc with the Brindisi from La Traviata. Victoria de los Angeles is not the best Violetta, but she does the job, along with her parner Carlo del Monte, an underappreciated tenor. Victoria de los Angeles also appears on the CD in "Un bel di vedremo" from Madama Butterfly, a role she was well known for. Swedish tenor Nicolai Gedda appears on the disc twice. ... Read More
Rating: - Best of the best!
The performers, the selections, the quality... almost divine!
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