Title: Poor Verismo
Product review: Absolutely no recording for the hi-fi purist. Even for a 38 year old recording the sound is badly congested to the point of being painful to listen to. The music, Giordano's last opera, is definitely not up to the standards of most of his earlier work. The performers, especially the soprano, are overparted. Plenty of off pitch singing especially when "can-belto" gets really competative. In short, a second rate provincial Italian cast. Much too much extranious applause.
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