Dommage pour le son. Le micro devait être à côté des contrebasses. En général les enregistrements de plein air sont plus aéré moins compact. Du coup les voix sont en 2 ème plan

I meant to and did type Lippert below in my review, but autocorrect kicked in, changing Lippert to Lipton. My apologies to both Marion Lippert and (presumably) Martha Lipton.

An Arena di Verona performance is not your typical Italian night at the opera. The audience is very much the extra character and listening to one of the recordings requires patience. The sound here isn't bad; the voices can be heard and the music makes it's effect. But if you're expecting the closely miked sound of a broadcast you're apt to be disappointed.Zanasi is an excellent Macbeth, more noble than savage. His attractive baritone has no trouble with Verdi's demands and the audience likes him a lot. He interpolates a ringing high A-flat at the end of his "Pieta" aria in the last act. Lipton was a very underrated soprano who made few, if any, studio recordings. Her Lady Macbeth is assertive without going over the top. Other sopranos have sung some of the coloratura more accurately, but Lipton's secure top and dramatic instincts carry the day. She interpolates a D-flat at the end of Act One and easily makes the written one at the end of the Sleepwalking scene. Ferrin is a fine Banco and Raimondi sings his last act aria so well he nearly has to encore it (Previtali stubbornly refuses to grant one). Most of the standard cuts have been opened and Previtali includes the ballet.This isn't a recording for someone just learning the opera, but fans of the singers will enjoy it tremendously.

Marion Lippert was a singer known in America as Turandot. It is great to get to hear her in another opera. The recordings sound is variable but always listenable. All the performers give performances that are worth hearing. Lippert sounds like her voice was large and powerful. She also has a beauty in it that is not always present in dramatic voices singing this repertoire. Zanasi sounds a little lighter and brighter than some of the other Macbeths but I enjoyed his sound and characterization. The cast as a whole is quite good.