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Doing It Their Way.(Sound Recording Review)

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| November 25, 2002 | NORDLINGER, JAY | COPYRIGHT 2002 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

It's a big issue in the opera world: Renee Fleming's singing of bel canto. Fleming, of course, is just about the most sumptuous soprano around, prized particularly for her singing of Strauss (meaning Richard, not Johann, although she's no slouch in operetta either). Many people, however, have reservations about her forays into bel canto -- the music of Donizetti, Bellini, and suchlike. The accusation is that she's not correct or strict enough -- that she is, in a word, too Straussy.

I've done a little of this accusing myself. It is certainly true that Fleming is somewhat unorthodox in bel canto; but she doesn't seem to mind. We have a tendency to be dogmatic in ...

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