Title: Gimme a break.....
Product review: My first shock was when I found there was no English.... if the review said anything about that, I'd'a chosen something else. But that's not the worst of it -- I can't (so far) find the libretto for the darn thing. But that's still not the worst of it. I went directly to Bel raggio -- and guess what? Jane Anderson's singing is still bloody awful. I had thought, well, MAYBE she used to be somebody. Nope. She never way. Bel canto? You've GOT to be kidding. Okay, so I listened to the familiar overture, then found no English, then zipped to No. 19 to see if Anderson was better than I remembered.Hah!And THAT was after listening with great satisfaction to Bryn and Cecilia from Glyndboune. So Bartoli is a (light) mezzo (coloratura) and not a lyric (coloratura), but the difference in timbre, to say nothing of everything else was astounding to painful.I hope I can return the dratted recording.
Would you say this review depicts the product in a flattering or unflattering light?
