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2.0 out of 5 stars
no texts, May 23, 2010
This review is from: The Young Donizetti (Audio CD)
Unforgivable the fact that there are no librettos excerpts for the pieces compiled here. The other editions of opera rara include texts and notes. Here you have abundant notes to the point of boring but no text. I tried to download texts here and there but no luck. These are virtually unknown works so the presence of a libretto excerpt is essential. Personally I can't even concentrate to listen to an aria if I don't know what they are talking about, no matter what the notes say. Incidentally vocal executions seem fine with good singers, but....
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