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VERDI: Falstaff.(Review)
VERDI: Falstaff [] Noni, Tebaldi, Canali, Elmo; Stabile, Silveri, Valletti, Nessi, Maionica, M. Caruso; La Scala, de Sabata. 1951. No libretto. Urania 22.176 (2) (Qualiton, dist.)
This Falstaff, taken from a broadcast stage performance at La Scala on May 26, 1951, is a classic. But when it appeared on LP (Cetra Opera Live LO-14), it suffered from wild pitch variation: some passages were sharp, some flat, even within a single scene. Struggling with the radio sound, which is primitive for 1951, Urania has cleaned up the sonics somewhat and got the pitch pretty well stabilized. A few parts (the endings of Acts I and II, for instance) may still be a shade high, but not by more than a quarter-tone. For all its remaining shortcomings -- murky group sound, some background hum (as in the "L'onore!" monologue), some disappearing offstage voices -- it's a historical treasure.
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