{"product_id":"delibes-lakme-bonynge-opera-de-monte-carlo","title":"Delibes: Lakmé \/ Bonynge, Opéra de Monte-Carlo","description":"Product description\n\nNo Description Available.\nGenre: Classical Music\nMedia Format: Compact Disk\nRating:\nRelease Date: 21-NOV-1989\n\nAmazon.com\n\nDelibes's opera Lakmé is full of gorgeous melodies, even if you don't count the coloratura sensation, the famous \"Bell Song.\" That aria virtually demands a soprano of Sutherland's agility and ease, and it gets it here. Even the few singers who can match her in the upper altitudes can't do it with a voice so rich and full. Sutherland's is a Lakmé beyond comparison with twittering, thin-voiced, coloratura specialists. She did make this recording at a time when her diction was mushy and her vocal lines sometimes drooped, so she's not beyond criticism. But revel in the voice; after all, Lakmé is a cardboard character, and the opera, for all its considerable charms, isn't another Ring cycle. Sutherland's colleagues are excellent, too. Vanzo was one of the finest lyric tenors of his generation and is by far the best Gérald on disc. Jane Berbié and Gabriel Bacquier are also unmatched, and Bonynge's conducting is idiomatic and flowing. Add engineering from Decca\/London's golden age of recording, and here's a Lakmé to treasure. --Dan Davis\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0000041VR\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B0000041VR.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Audio CD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case may show wear and may be in library packaging. Ships Fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41446983041082,"sku":"DBV.B0000041VR.G","price":4.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B0000041VR-0.jpg?v=1780716726","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/delibes-lakme-bonynge-opera-de-monte-carlo","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}