Title: Baffling!!
Product review: WSS is as American as apple pie, in it's own way, so why, why, why use European opera singers for, what should be a landmark recording? Not only distracting, to have to listen to Tony with an Italian accent, but downright annoying. Why couldn't they have enlisted the thousands of American and Latino artists that would have suited this project so much better. It's not as though they even used big names for the recording,ie: the complete recording a while back with Kiri Te Kanawa and Jose Careras had their names to recommend it, and it was produced by Bernstein, but this recording has nothing to recommend.Stick to the original cast for the best recording. There is also a recording by the Nashville Symphony Orchestra that is pretty good, aside from a bit of over-acting by some ensemble members, but the leads are wonderful.And the film soundtrack has it's own merits, but this is a major mistake. Goes into the "what were they thinking?" file.
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