I'll add a note to that effect, too, about Gli Abencerragi , Chris. I recall listening to the live recording of Cherubini's Lodoïska some years ago - not the currently available Muti or the newer one conducted by Rohrer but the one from 1961 conducted by de Fabritiis with a good cast - and honestly think that it was awful - lots of men clumping about and shouting, far too much dialogue and hardly a tune to throw at a dog - but no doubt now someone will tell me that I am scandalously denigrating a masterpiece...
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