Description:

Pros:

• Considering that Franco Corelli would abruptly retire only a few months later, he shows that he was in still full command over his one-of-a-kind instrument.
• A young Katia Ricciarelli is about a close to perfect as you can hope to hear in the role of Mimì.
• Rita Shane is a gutsy Musetta, and Giorgio Tozzi’s Colline nearly stops the show in Act IV.
• Leif Segerstam excels in Puccini’s idiom, bringing style, and unabashed romantic sentiment to the proceedings..

Cons:

• None to mention

In Mono

OD 11823-2