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Title: I echo all Gheorghiu's critics
Review: Eileen Farrell, Renata Tebaldi, Leontyne Price, Martina Arroyo, Josephine Barstow. What do all these talented sopranos have in common? They are all true Verdian spintos. Angela Gheorghiu does not belong in their exalted company. She may be, one day in the far future, an equal to Renata Scotto and Mirella Freni, but definitely not equal to the aforementioned Verdians. She has a light lyric soprano that is pleasant to listen to, but she does not have a spinto voice. She perhaps could pull off Gilda and Desdemona in the opera house. However, she should not under any circumstances tackle Elisabetta, the two Leonoras (one of which she has already sung), Ada, Amelia, and Elvira. Gheorghiu is a lovely singer of light Puccini roles and French lyric ones. She should stick to that repertory.
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