It truly is an historic performance Domingo looking and singing like a god pouring out golden tones Renato Bruson sounds like the sublime Verdian Baritone that he was at that time Nicolai Ghiaurov proves again that he was one of the greatest Verdi Basses Mirella Freni shows that there was more to her than just being Mimi and Susannahin fact I can remember reading that at the time of the premiere of this production that there were fist fights not unusual in La Scalas gallery between Mirellas many fansbetween those fans that just wanting her to continue singing the light lyric repertoire that they were use to her singing and those that felt she should and could sing the lyricspinto repertoire which of course she proved thatindeed she could Shes still singing more than twenty years later This performance captures some of the best Verdi singers of the time doing dear ole wonderful Giuseppi proud
WriterFrancesco Maria Piave
