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Title: Sloppy performance in staggeringly bad sound
Review: It's a cosmic mystery why even a pirate label like Opera d'Oro would release a recording made with the microphone placed right next to the cymbals! This 1970 Manon Lescaut from Verona features Domingo in prime youthful voice, but who can hear him? The sound is distant and murky, and you never know when that crashing cymbal is going to make you jump out of your chair. Magda Oliveiro was the ultimate diva for opera queens, but here she sounds every bit of sixty years old, despite the claim on the cover that she became more alluring in youthful roles as she aged.
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