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Title: My heart says Sutherland!
Review: Get Sills' or Sutherland's recordings of this opera. Callas is awful. She simplifies the coloratura. Her voice is just not pretty, even though this was recorded in her prime. Sills sang coloratura better than Callas and was just as expressive. Her trill is much better than Callas', whose trill is a carefully controlled wobble. Sutherland has a far more beautiful voice than Callas. The sound of this recording is mono, not very good mono at that. The score is cut to shreds.Callas is overrated. Giussepe di Stefano is awful in Arturo's music. He can't reach the top notes without strain. His excessive emoting is more appropriate for verismo than for bel canto.Both Sills' studio recording and Sutherland's two studio recordings are better buys. Sills' recording and Sutherland's second studio recording are both complete and have excellent sound.
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