Title: How has this been overlooked?
Product review: What an amazing piece of work! The young Puccini was much more Wagnerian in vision, but less of the master theatre man he was to be. In LeVilli and Edgar, he battles with rewards of the soul vs. those of the flesh. The music is rhapsodic, immense- inspired. If I had never had heard the name Puccini and stumbled upon this music, it would be one of handful of great works that I would turn to again and again.The libretto is no masterpiece, but it isn't as bad as some imply. The music is heroic, sublime..some of his greatest.The music is a masterpiece. Someone HAS to perform this onstage.In this live performance, Bergonzi is wonderful, despite missing one of the most intensely dramatic high C endings in opera. Scotto is at her best; totally involved, singing some of the most glorious soprano music you could ever hope to hear.
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