On Sat, 1 Apr 2006, steven c wrote:

> > A friend of mine used to remark..."why do people think I am nuts just
> > because I have over 40 different recordings of Traviata in my collection."
> >
> All by the same performer(s), though...?

Not all, but often times the same cast on successive nights...Traviata was
not the only opera in his collection.

Karl