This two-disc set of excerpts from Die Zauberflöte and Così fan tutte is taken from complete recordings of the operas made in conjunction with the Edinburgh Festival in the early '90s. (Each is also available individually, but the set is bargain priced.) Charles Mackerras turns in a fleet and elegant performance of highlights from Die Zauberflöte with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Chorus. Barbara Hendricks is especially good as Pamina, singing with radiant and regal tone. Jerry Hadley's tenor is not the most sensual ...
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This two-disc set of excerpts from Die Zauberflöte and Così fan tutte is taken from complete recordings of the operas made in conjunction with the Edinburgh Festival in the early '90s. (Each is also available individually, but the set is bargain priced.) Charles Mackerras turns in a fleet and elegant performance of highlights from Die Zauberflöte with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Chorus. Barbara Hendricks is especially good as Pamina, singing with radiant and regal tone. Jerry Hadley's tenor is not the most sensual instrument, but he sings with passion and musicality. As the Queen of the Night, June Anderson is certainly up to the task, but she lacks the fiery fury to make the character genuinely frightening; her vocal pyrotechnics are impressive but not thrilling. Robert Lloyd adequately manages the role of Sarastro, but he doesn't have the authority and gravity to anchor the opera, as the character should. Thomas Allen's Papageno maneuvers the fine line of being funny without descending into...
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