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Title: Not a total disaster, but...
Review: There are so many great recordings of La Boheme that it was perhaps not wise of Bocelli to try to compete with them. Among the great Rodolfos on record Gigli, Di Stefano, Bjoerling, Bergonzi, Pavarotti and Domingo come to mind. They all sang Rodolfo for many years before they venture into the studio. I know Bocelli sang some La Bohemes in Italy before recording the opera, but his inexperience shows more often than not. The voice itself is not unpleasant, but it's not the voice of a great operatic tenor, it's certainly NOT the voice of a Bjoerling or a Di Stefano. I think Bocelli would be ill adviced to keep singing opera. The Mimi is more earthbound but hardly memorable, the conducting is not on a par with Toscanini's, Beecham or Karajan. I confess I bought this recording expecting a disaster, it's not, but then, neither it is a recording I would care to hear again. Now, if Barbra Streisand had been chosen as Mimi and Michael Bolton as Marcello...who knows?
