Does anyone know the storyline to the opera "axur re d'ormus" by antonio salieri?
Posted in xn--kfs74mzzid01b.com edit by jane on January 7th, 2009
Oh, did I mention this recording [isn't good]? It seems to be from a live performance, so you can hear people coughing and moving around in the background. Also, Eva Mei doesn't seem to quite have the voice for Aspasia. Another mark on the [garbage] factor comes from the conductor. I think the occasional "music swells" or "music goes faster than it did an hour ago" might have helped.
But you will buy this CD. You know why? Because it is the only full-length Salieri opera availible! They could have cast it with Bea Arthur as Aspasia and hired a chimpanzee to do the conducting because they know this is the only Salieri you can get and so you HAVE to buy it!
Oh, to top it all off; there is an included libretto but no English translation. There is an atrociously misspelled translation of the plot summary, though.
In short: musically, this is a step up from "The Rustic Cavalier" but still ranks below "Don Giovanni."
Plotwise, it is better than "The Magic Flute" but nowhere near as good as "The Marriage of Figaro" (But then again, what is?)
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