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Title: THIS 'ERNANI' SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN RELEASED
Review: There's no sense in going into any great detail here. Sutherland and Pavarotti were two of the greatest operatic giants of this century. Their recordings of "Daughter of the Regiment", "Maria Stuarda", "I Puritani", "Traviata", "Sonnambula", "Beatrice di Tenda", and "L'Elisir d'Amore" are object lessons in the art of bel canto. But to have attempted an opera as difficult and "vocal" as "Ernani" at this point in their respective careers was sheer folly. The mere fact that it was recorded in 1988 and waited ten years to be released should tell something about the risks taken to do this recording. Well, the risks didn't pay off.
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