Title: An exciting sound...
Product review: Fernando de la Mora produces an exciting sound on this CD and Mackerras and the Welsh National Opera support him beautifully. On a recording it is difficult to judge the actual size of the voice, but here it sounds like it is of spinto weight singing primarily lyric repertoire. As another reviewer noted, the Pearl Fishers and Tosca arias are particularly effective and affecting.There are, however, two facts about this recital which disturb me: 1.) de la Mora is often out of tune when leaping down to notes and at the inception of held notes and 2.) after listening to him for twenty minutes or so my throat empathetically tightens. I hope his exciting vocal production and high-lying repertoire aren't being produced at the cost of his vocal health and career longevity.
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