Puccini - Manon Lescaut
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Special offer. Jonas Kaufmann: The Puccini Edition
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Jonas Kaufmann (Des Grieux), Kristine Opolais (Manon Lescaut), Christopher Maltman (Lescaut), Maurizio Muraro (Gerontes) & Benjamin Hulett (Edmondo), Jonas Kaufmann (Dick Johnson), Nina Stemme (Minnie), Tomasz Konieczny (Jack Rance), Kristine Opolais (soprano)
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Puccini: Manon Lescaut
RecommendedMirella Freni, Placido Domingo, Renato Bruson, Robert Gambill
Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli
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Building a Library, April 2006, Modern Choice
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Puccini: Manon Lescaut
RecommendedMaria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Giulio Fioraventi, Dino Formachini
La Scala Milan Chorus & Orchestra, Tullio Serafin
This performance is unique, with Act 4 for once a culmination in Callas's supreme account of the death scene. She may present a rather formidable portrait of a young girl in Act 1, but here... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2006, First Choice
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Puccini: Manon Lescaut
RecommendedLicia Albanese (Manon Lescaut), Jussi Björling (Des Grieux), Robert Merrill (Lescaut), Franco Calabrese (Geronte/Un sergente degli arcieri), Mario Carlin (Edmondo/Il maestro di ballo/Lampionaio), Anna Maria Rota (Una voce sola), Plinio Clabassi (L'oste/Un comandante di Marina)
Rome Opera House...
With Bjoerling as Des Grieux giving one of this very finest performances on disc and with Robert Merrill in glorious voice as Lescaut, the Romanian conductor Jonel Perlea conducts one of the... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2006, First Choice
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Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Jonas Kaufmann (Des Grieux), Kristine Opolais (Manon Lescaut), Christopher Maltman (Lescaut), Maurizio Muraro (Gerontes) & Benjamin Hulett (Edmondo)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Royal Opera House Chorus, Antonio Pappano (conductor) & Jonathan Kent (director)
Kaufmann is a gloriously ardent Des Grieux, recklessly embarking upon an emotional journey almost as distressing as that of the heroine herself. Kristine Opolais matches him in a performance... — More…
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Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Hilde Vadura (Manon), Waldemar Kmentt (Chevalier), Eberhard Wächter (Lescaut), Walter Berry (Geronte), Hugo Meyer-Welfing (Edmondo)
Viennese Radio, Robert Heger
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Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Giulio Fioravanti, Franco Calabrese, Dino Formichini & Dino Formichini
Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin
Callas thinks herself well into what becomes, to begin with, a more serious, calculating Manon - and a very accurate Manon, too. Then, dying in the wilderness in Act 4, she produces a performance... — More…
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Special offer. Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Liudmyla Monastyrska (Manon Lescaut), David Bizic (Lescaut), Gregory Kunde (Des Grieux), Carlos Chausson (Geronte), Mikeldi Atxalandabaso (Edmondo), Symphony Orchestra & Chorus of the Gran Teatre Del Liceu, Davide Livermore, Emmanuel Villaume
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Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Erzsebet Hazy (Manon Lescaut), Gyorgy Melis (Lescaut), Robert Ilosfalvy (Des Grieux), Oszkar Maleczky (Geronte), Sandor Palcso (Edmondo), Miklos Petri (L'oste), Arpad Kishegyi (Il maestro di ballo), Erzsebet Komlossy (Una voce sola), Bela Turpinszky (Un sergente degli arcieri), Tibor Kelen (Lampionaio),...
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Puccini: Manon Lescaut (highlights)
Miriam Gauci (soprano), Kaludi Kaludov (tenor), Henk Lauwers (bass), Vincente Sardinero (baritone)
Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra, BRT Philharmonic Chorus, Alexander Rahbari
This 68 minutes of excerpts from Puccini's first great success is an excellent introduction to the opera. We get most of the music for Manon and Des Grieux in Act 1, Manon's second act aria... — More…
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