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| October 01, 2004 | Braun, William R. | COPYRIGHT 2004 Metropolitan Opera Guild, 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

Yu Qiang Dai

ARIAS by Puccini, Verdi, Donizetti, Ponchielli, others. New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Molina. Texts and translations. EMI 57791

It's sometimes difficult to fathom the ways of record companies in this barren climate for classical repertoire. Presumably, EMI wishes to present tenor Yu Qiang Dai to his advantage. But this progression of the twelve most famous arias in the Pavarotti songbook (eleven in Italian, plus Massenet's "Pourquoi me ...

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