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Title: Swan song for a prima donna
Review: I agree with the other critic about this Ernani. Dame Joan Sutherland is without question the voice of the century. The Prima Donna Assoluta. And she is discredited with this recording. Go and purchase her Art of the Prima Donna and be dumbfounded instead of disappointed by wide vibrato and belting as you will hear here. Pavorotti is only decent here, to hear him in the prime, order the "Daughter of the regiment". ( Bonus: a prime Sutherland in that recording as well ). Hearing the two divine singers in their prime is to hear two of the greatest singers in the history of bel canto. Sigh...the age of bel canto died with the retirement of the great diva, Dame Joan Sutherland.
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