Don Satz asks:

>Since I have no intimacy with Puccini operas, I'd appreciate any
>recommendations of "recent" opera recordings that would satisfy her
>desires.  There's no point bringing up classic historical sets or even
>sets from the 70's; that's not where she's at or wants to go.

If she is very young, the answer would be La Boheme and Tosca, those are
simple and very romantic operas (maybe a Pavarotti version la boheme and
I don't know any new version for Tosca), of course you have better:
Turandot, but is longer and ideal for more adult ears.

Regards.

Martin Pitchon
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