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[] Arias and songs by Handel, Gounod, Donizetti, Meyerbeer, Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saens, Ponchielli, Thomas, Bellini, Bizet. Opera Orchestra of New York, Queler. Texts and translations. Romeo Records 7218 (Qualiton, dist.)
If sensational high notes are all it takes to have a major career, make way for Milena Kitic. But these days, when you can trip over a lyric mezzo on every street corner, intelligence, temperament and distinctive musicality are going to play a part. While Kitic shows a lot of promise, at the moment her strengths lie exclusively in the vocal department. A potpourri disc from Romeo Records, with Eve Queler and Opera Orchestra of New York, sounds like a sight-reading session through the mezzo aria book. How else to explain the lackluster recitatives (Sapho's suicidal despair, Leonor's ...