ala ▁was ▁" diff icult ▁to ▁explain ". ▁ ▁Of ▁especial ▁interest ▁were ▁two ▁prominent ▁up ▁and ▁coming ▁artists , ▁Roberto ▁Al agna ▁and ▁Ang ela ▁G he org hi u ▁[ app ear ing ▁one ▁day ▁after ▁their ▁wed ding ]. ▁Al agna ▁had ▁" a ▁light , ▁sweet ▁and ▁supp le ▁voice ▁of ▁moder ate ▁size ▁( some ▁high ▁notes ▁that ▁were ▁both ▁del icate ▁and ▁ring ing ) ▁and ▁a ▁not ▁incons ider able ▁dram atic ▁ability ", ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁far ▁to ▁soon ▁to ▁bra cket ▁him ▁with ▁Car rer as , ▁Dom ingo ▁and ▁Pav ar otti . ▁G he org hi u ▁was ▁much ▁more ▁impress ive , ▁with ▁" a ▁voice ▁of ▁unusual ▁and ▁ha un ting ▁tim bre , ▁a ▁distinct ive ▁cre ative ▁person ality ▁[ and ] ▁attention ▁to ▁the ▁she er ▁ph onic ▁sound ▁of ▁the ▁words ▁she ▁s ings ". ▁ ▁None ▁of ▁the ▁solo ists , ▁though , ▁could ▁out sh ine ▁the ▁or chestra ▁and ▁their ▁conduct or . ▁Thanks ▁to ▁Lev ine , ▁the ▁Met ' s ▁pit ▁was ▁home ▁to ▁" one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁respons ive ▁and ▁virt u os ic ▁ens emb les ▁in ▁the ▁world ", ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁remarkable ▁that ▁he ▁could ▁" pres ide ▁so ▁effort lessly ▁and ▁so ▁id iom atically ▁over ▁such ▁a ▁range ▁of ▁musical ▁styles , ▁over ▁so ▁many ▁hours ". ▁ ▁Martin ▁Bern heimer ▁review ed ▁the ▁g ala ▁in ▁The ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Times ▁on ▁ 2