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Vocally she was the Salome of Richard Strauss, and she was lovely to behold. Salome herself should be a slight, cynical young person half Flaubert, half Laforgue. Under Strauss the Salome is neither impossible nor vulgar. Another thing: the tempi were different from Campanini's i. e., the plastic quality of the reading gave us new colours, new scents, new curves.
It possesses something of the dead tenor's sweetness and clarity in the upper register, but it lacks the delicacy and artistic finish of Campanini's supreme effort, although it is vastly more magnetic and thrill inspiring. That Caruso is regarded as the foremost living tenor is made good by the fact that he is the highest priced male artist in the world.
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