To my way of thinking, this is the finest recording of “Cortegiani....“ ever made. Gobbi had a near-miraculous ability to act with his voice, and was easily one of the greatest singing actors of them all. To this, add a fine voice and superb musicianship, and we have one of the greatest opera singers of the 20th century. The vocal, emotional and stylistic range in this aria is incredible: from the violent outburst of fear and rage in the beginning to the heart-breaking despair of pleading and begging to
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