More people should listen to Eugenia Burzio

Eugenia Burzio is the most demented soprano on record, for me at least.

Her performances of the bel canto repertorie are so far from the current style, that it’s as if they leaked in from a parallel universe where opera developed differently. However, the arias from the verismo rep are stunningly authentic and make everyone else just seem to be slacking off.

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