LoginDelibes: Lakmé / Bonynge, Opéra de Monte-Carlo
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Delibes's opera Lakmé is full of gorgeous melodies, even if you don't count the coloratura sensation, the famous "Bell Song." That aria virtually demands a soprano of Sutherland's agility and ease, and it gets it here. Even the few singers who can match her in the upper altitudes can't do it with a voice so rich and full. Sutherland's is a Lakmé beyond comparison with twittering, thin-voiced, coloratura specialists. She did make this recording at a time when her diction was mushy and her vocal lines sometimes drooped, so she's not beyond criticism. But revel in the voice; after all, Lakmé is a cardboard c
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Manufacturer: Decca
Release date: 14 November 1989
Number of discs: 2
EAN: 0028942548527 UPC: 028942548527
Release date: 14 November 1989
Number of discs: 2
EAN: 0028942548527 UPC: 028942548527
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