Title: wonderful tenor, interesting interpretation
Product review: Many people are allergic to the soprano, Mercedes Capsir. Her voice isvery white and tends to shrillness. However, her technique is excellent.This is probably the closest we can come to what Toscanini's Lucia soundedlike since Molajoli worked with him. The tenor, on the other hand,is wonderful. He was married to Toti dal Monte, Toscanini's Lucia.Why she didn't record the role instead of Capsir, I can't figure out.Toscanini recommended Dal Monte to Melba's agent for a tour of Australiain 1924. She went back in 1928 and met de Muro Lomanto and they weremarried in the Sydney cathedral. He has a beautiful voice. The baritoneis also good. The bass is Salvatore baccaloni, who later was abuffo at the met. He also has a good voice. So if you can take someshrillness from Capsir, you get a pretty good performance of howLucia must have sounded at La Scala in the 20s and 30s. This is the first complete recording of the opera, made in 1933.
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