Cut as it is -- and most of its recitatives are gone -- and as old as it is -- and it dates from the summer of 1955 -- this recording of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro is nevertheless utterly delightful. Part of the reason is the conducting. Though Italian conductor Vittorio Gui never quite hit the international big time like his countrymen Cantelli or Giulini, he was a more than respectable opera conductor who always kept things light, lively, and moving forward at a brisk pace. And part of the reason is the playing. Though ...
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Cut as it is -- and most of its recitatives are gone -- and as old as it is -- and it dates from the summer of 1955 -- this recording of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro is nevertheless utterly delightful. Part of the reason is the conducting. Though Italian conductor Vittorio Gui never quite hit the international big time like his countrymen Cantelli or Giulini, he was a more than respectable opera conductor who always kept things light, lively, and moving forward at a brisk pace. And part of the reason is the playing. Though not in the same league as the contemporary Philharmonia or London Symphony orchestras, the Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra's brightness of tone, tightness of ensemble, and tautness of tempos is still highly appealing. But most of the reason is the stellar cast. The men are very good: Sesto Bruscantini's Figaro is robustly vigorous and Franco Calabrese's Count Almaviva is brusquely imperious. And the women are very, very good: Sena Jurinac's Countess Almaviva is tremendously touching;...
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