Title: Good but no cigar!
Product review: June Anderson is certainly no Joan Sutherland. While well paced and good recording techniques, performers are less than stellar. Marilyn Horne is still excellent after some twenty plus years in the role, other performers leave a great deal to be desired (I expected more from the Met and was disappointed). The 1965/6 Sutherland/Horne recording is still the gold standard only because of the two of then. The sumptiously voiced D'Archangel on the 1990 Prague recording is still the best Oreo as well as Kundy's Idreno although poor mic placement is a constant distraction. There is still room for a "best possible" cast if one is ever to be created.
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