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2.0 out of 5 stars
Poor sound, October 13, 2000
This review is from: Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Audio CD)
Amazon's reviewer's comments notwithstanding I found the sound quality of this recording unaccaptable. The sound is muddy, and there are a lot of noises. I have other live opera recordings from the same period and they are much better. After just a few listenings I was so dissapointed I had to get another performance to replace this one (Scotto on EMI - great!). Beware.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
A bargain recording for fans of Scotto, December 15, 2000
This review is from: Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Audio CD)
It has to be said that the sound quality on this live broadcast isn't brilliant but it does have atmosphere and though there are better studio versions(Tebaldi's second recording with Bergonzi is particularly recommendable)one can readily warm to it, Scotto though occasionally rough edged develops this hapless character with great vocal inteligence indeed her unique qualities are ideally suited to Butterfly and she gives a truly heart rendering final scene,Cioni isn't in her league but he does manage to shade his voice beautifully in places,the other singers are fine without being outstanding but this live bargain recording is mainly for Scotto fans.
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