Sandor est une belle découverte pour moi, Eda-Pierre toujours merveilleuse (dommage qu'elle ne chante pas le poison qui ne sera rétabli pour elle que l'année suivante) et émotion d'entendre un incroyable Legros de 73 ans !

Christiane Eda-Pierre is the main draw here and she does not disappoint. Her supple, beautiful voice dispatches the opening "Ecoutez" with ease (she sings the optional high Ds) and she brings tremendous panache to the Waltz song. Elsewhere she has the resources to surmount the orchestra in the Act Four duet and brings great passion to the final scene.Her Romeo, John Sandor, can't quite match her tonal splendor, but he has a fine lyric tenor that encompasses the high tessitura and the impetuousness of the role. His duets with Eda-Pierre are just as lovely as one wants them to be. He interpolates a long held top C at the end of the duel scene and makes a skilled diminuendo on the final B-flat of his aria. The other singers are all very good as is the chorus. De Almeida specialized in French music and conducts with a firm, loving hand. We have come to expect Juliette's Potion aria in Act Four, but it was always omitted in those days. The sound is quite good, the voices heard clearly over the orchestra. Clashing swords can be heard throughout the introductory music which leads directly into the first scene. The opening choral music is played at the end after the lovers have sung their last, a puzzling variation I've never heard anywhere else. The final chords are awkwardly faded - did the tape run out?