Let's say it up front: the sound on this performance is mediocre and boxy. It is pitched correctly and ones' ears adjust. At least the source tape was complete and we do get the entire performance with all the dialogue and music intact.Having said all that, I would urge Magic Flute lovers and fans of these singers to acquire this recording. Flute goes very well in Italian. Jurinac is a predictably lovely Pamina, her aria a highlight of the show. Coertse was probably a better Queen than we can tell here. "Der Holle Rache" goes very well, but she's a little too far upstage for her first aria so she makes less of an impact there. Oncina is a noble Tamino, Taddei a delightful Papageno (an audience favorite as well), and Christoff a dignified, restrained Sarastro. The other singers are all very good and contribute positively to the performance. Gui proves as good in Mozart as he was in Rossini.A recording for the connoisseur then, but very enjoyable all the same. At the very least it documents singers in roles they never got to record in the studio. And it's always fun to hear an opera sung in a different language from that in which it was written.