Title: Extremely dry recording, Muti's direction is lifeless...
Product review: What a disaster, you would think Ricardo Muti, a good opera conductor, would do well with this recording, but his conducting is so terrible, it's shameful. The only good member in the cast is Margaret Price's Countess. Allen's Figaro is not only wrong, he cannot even get the notes right. Kathleen Battle is at her worst here. And Murray's Cherubino is way to "breathy" and easily forgettable. The sets with Bohm and Giulini are excellent. Don't buy Solti though, since Solti, like Muti, tends to miss the charm of this opera.
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