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Too shocking to enjoy...

Armindo | Greece | 10/22/2005

(2 out of 5 stars)

"I'm sorry but I can't enjoy this recital since it constantly shocks me how much Aliberti sounds like a 60s Callas. The bottle sound, the thin voice, the phrasing, the pushed low notes and she even looks like her on the cover! I'd rather have the real thing! Aliberti's high notes are in better condition than Callas' in the 60s but it came as no surprise that Aliberti didn't last long either. I'm also not surprised that she was so welcomed by recording companies who're always looking for a new Callas.



2 stars because she is the best Callas look-and-sound alike I've ever encountered!"

ALIBERTI DOES CALLAS

Operaman! | Chicago, IL United States | 07/13/2004

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Opera lovers take note. At your next party put on this CD and ask everyone who's singing. 9 people out of 10 will probably say "Someone who's trying to imitate Callas". There you have the plight of Lucia Aliberti.



I've often wondered if Madame A's true vocal mechanism mirrors La Divina's coincidentally or if the lady is REALLY on an all out mission to resurrect the voice of a ghost. I just can't be sure. In the meantime on this CD there's plenty of inaccuracies in intonation, no trill, lots of wobble and high notes that sound really pressed. Likewise missing are subtleties in vocal colors and phrasing, and some really odd candenzas - all things that Maria Callas would never have let get past the studio. My understanding is Lucia Aliberti makes some kind of living in Western Europe where I guess people aren't as picky as I."