OP2020. LA TRAVIATA, Live Performance, 24 Jan., 1959, w.Adler Cond. Licia Albanese, Cesare Valletti, Mario Sereni, etc. (E.U.) 2-Walhall 0306. Specially priced. - 4035122653069

CRITIC REVIEW: “[Albanese] is in particularly good voice, the tone remarkably full and steady, with a full complement of timbre warmth through the entire range. Her magical legato is intact and the turns in the Brindisi and the coloratura embroideries of ‘Un dì felice’ are deft enough. The great scene with Germont remains potent both in expression and vocal loveliness….her cry of ‘Ah, taci!’ seems wrenched from her soul, and a firmly voiced ‘Alfredo, di questo core’ compounds that feeling….her vocalism mirroring the pellucid tone and gentle flow of her best years….[Valletti] endows the lover with greater vitality than most Alfredos represent, his phrases decked with ardent accents and his tone consistently attractive.”

- Paul Jackson, SIGN-OFF FOR THE OLD MET, pp.363-64