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Title: Unexpected surprise
Review: How strange that this wonderfully surprising recording of Rigoletto is barely acknowledged, or at least mentionned a little, compared to the Sutherland-Pavarotti-Milnes and the Callas-DiStefano-Gobbi versions of this amazing opera (both must haves by the way).It struck me as far better than the two other recordings mentionned above by its emotion and sensitivity. The voices are wonderful and the singers extremely well cast, but added to that is a sort of intimacy to the recording. It feels like compared to the two others the singing and music are not being thrown at us to try and draw us in. With Cellini it's more comparable to a moving story being told in a whisper, like a heartfelt confession.Very moving, focused on expressing emotions which makes it an exceptionnal Rigoletto!
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