No one in recording history short of Hermann Jadlowker could do these florid Mozart tenor roles like Michael Spyres
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Ponnelle directing and Böhm conducting Le Nozze di Figaro with Prey, Freni, Fischer-Dieskau, Te Kanawa, and Ewing leading the cast. A classier performance of the piece can hardly be imagined.
Fritz Wunderlich‘s singing is so wonderful and effortless that no further commentary is needed.
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