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Opera News 'Rossini actually wrote operas... with as many as three tenor parts... Never a company to flinch from the obscure, Opera Rara now brings us a virtuosic CD.
These three tenors, as good as you're likely to hear nowadays in this specialized repertory, give the lie to the silly idea that florid vocal writing serves only for display, not for the expression of fear, agitation or rage.
Virtuosity is a vehicle not an end in itself.' |