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Title: Succession Desperation
Review: The world awaits successors to the great Pavarotti and Domingo, and tenors aspiring to their crowns are pushed on stage to bare their throats. The latest is Jose Cura, with menacing good looks and marketing prowess, but a voice that breaks glass. This is not a singer, but a carnival barker seducing the new generation of opera thrill seekers and audiophiles who have been led to believe that louder is better, and that shouting is musical expression. To hear singing that is music, click on selections from albums from the last generation of singers like DiStefano, Bjorling, del Monaco, even Lanza: the world still awaits their successors.
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