Title: Wonderful recording but terrible packaging
Product review: This is a glorious recording of a charming opera, Massenet's best music, in my opinion, with exception of Thais.However, the cover art is trashy (the original one had lovely Von Stade in a blue dress runing (presumably at twelve midnight). This disc has no information whatever, no libretto, no pictures, no summary. Opera d'oro, much less expensive, has plot summaries and information in its cds. Too bad I don't still have my box set.But Von Stade and Welting are in wonderful voice as is Gedda and the whole opera and recording is a delight from beginning to end.
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