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Almost 60 Years Later, Still The Best Aida

Robert Levine

Artistic Quality:

  • 10

Sound Quality:

  • 6
It may be true that memory believes before knowing remembers, […]
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Recording Details:

Reference Recording: This one

    Soloists: Zinka Milanov (soprano); Fedora Barbieri (mezzo-soprano); Jussi Björling (tenor); Leonard Warren (baritone); Boris Christoff, Plinio Clabassi (bass)

    Rome Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Jonel Perlea

  • Record Label: RCA - 6652-2-RG
  • Medium: CD

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