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Title: Downfall of a great Prima Donna
Review: I have to agree with all three of the other reviews regarding the poor vocal condition of Dame Joan in this "should not have been release" recording. Dame Joan was over 61 here, and her voice a meer shadow of the glorious sound she used to make during her legendary prime years of the 1950's, 1960'and the 1970's. Pavorotti is not much better. Alas, the great diva should have retired after her historic 1985 Convent Garden Lucia's. Instead, many young listeners, hearing the aged diva's voice here, is probably wondering in their mind, what phenomenal voice? The Emperor's New Clothes? To that new generation of opera lovers, I would agree with the critic from San Francisco who suggested everyone to purchase Sutherland's "The Art of the Prima Donna", and be floored by the most amazing singing on record.
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