Romeo et Juliette (complete opera recorded live in 1935)

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Romeo et Juliette (complete opera recorded live in 1935)
Eide Norena / Charles Hackett / Leon Rothier / Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Louis Hasselmans

[ Naxos Great Opera Performances / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Monday 1 January 2007

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Norena characterizes Juliette as a real teenager: her singing is full of wide-eyed wonder and hope until the tragic dénouement. Hackett declaims Roméo's music with a beauty of legato tone and an amplitude of phrasing which is rarely heard today. Their duets are the highlights of the performance, which is as it should be.