Così fan tutte with Rothenberger, Elias, Stratas, Kozma, Krause & Berry

Così fan tutte
Wolfgang Amadée Mozart
 
Anneliese Rothenberger, Rosalind Elias, Teresa Stratas,
Lajos Kozma, Tom Krause, Walter Berry
Seiji Ozawa

Salzburger Festspiele
August 28, 1969

OD 10460-3

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Sound Quality: ★★★½☆

A performance of Cosi fan tutte in the sixties was still somewhat of a rarity, let alone an uncut one!  That's right, almost all of the music is included.  They even opt for Guglielmo's alternate aria "Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo."  The cast is excellent.  Anneliese Rothenberger's voice may be a little light in this role for my taste but she musters up gusto in Come Scoglio and sings with amazing precision.  On loan from the MET we have Rosiland Elias as Dorabella and Teresa Stratas as Despina.  Stratas almost steals the show in her doctor/notary scenes.  Tom Krause sings Guglielmo and Walter Berry charms as Don Alfonso.  A young Seiji Ozawa leads the band.  The sound is decent.

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1 Comment on Così fan tutte with Rothenberger, Elias, Stratas, Kozma, Krause & Berry »

July 22, 2010

Frank Leto @ 8:39 pm:

Sorry, but I was disappointed in this performance because of the sound. I would say the sound is poor. Normally the sound quality listed is pretty accurate, but not in this case. Buyer beware.

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