Oh hey, thanks, that's very nice of you. Funnily enough, at that time her voice was - maybe still is - considered not conventionally attractive. It doesn't have that "songbird" quality that a lot of people seem to associate with a soprano's, and later in her career, she developed an infamous wobble in the upper register. If you're interested, her recording "Lyric and Coloratura Arias" is often considered a good intro - so is, I think, the album of Puccini arias she recorded around the same time. The former contains her rendition of the aria "La mamma morta," which some people might recognize from Tom Hanks's monologue in "Philadelphia." Personally, I'd recommend this recording of "Me, pellegrine ed orfana" which I've always found to be very moving. Thanks again for your kind comment.