Title: An almost ideal cast
Product review: The singers here, especially the Luisa, Miller and Rudolfo, are almost ideal for their parts. Where the performance falls down, in my opinion, is that all three are only too willing to play to the house--in order words go for vocal effects to please the crowd rather than enhance the characters. If that is your bag, and sometimes it is quite marvelous, this is a recording for you. This recording, by the way,is better than the Caballe/Pavarotti version that is also available because it has none of the tension (tension in the sense of anger and/or hostility) of the Caballe/Pavarotti effort.
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