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Manon opera in five acts

Title: Manon [sound recording] : opera in five acts / music by Jules Massenet ; libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille after the novel by the abbé Prévost.
Author: Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912.
Publication: [New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2006.

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Description

4 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Toll Brothers Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 8, 2006].
Toll Brothers Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 8, 2006]

Uniform Title

Toll Brothers Metropolitan Opera singers' roundtable (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subjects

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

Durations: 2:23:26 (Opera) ; 1:18:02 (Introduction, synopses, and intermission features).
Compact discs.
House program on file in Music Division.

Event (note)

Recorded live at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, April 8, 2006.

Source (note)

Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

Sung in French.

Contents

CD 1. Act 1 ; Renée Fleming on the role of Manon ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Margaret Juntwait) ; Act 2 -- CD 2. Act 3 -- CD 3. Act 4 ; Renée Fleming on the role of Manon, part 2 ; Synopsis of Act 5 (Juntwait) ; Act 5 ; Closing remarks (Juntwait) -- CD 4. Tone ; Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Juntwait) ; First intermission feature : Ara Guzelimian talks with Peter Gelb ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Juntwait) ; Toll Brothers Metropolitan Opera Singers' Roundtable (Lotfi Mansouri talks with Anna Netrebko and Juan Diego Flórez) ; Synopsis of Act 4 (Juntwait).

Call Number

*LDC 40740

OCLC

NYPG06-R396

Author

Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912.

Title

Manon [sound recording] : opera in five acts / music by Jules Massenet ; libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille after the novel by the abbé Prévost.

Imprint

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2006.

Series

Toll Brothers Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 8, 2006].

Toll Brothers Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 8, 2006]

Performer

Renée Fleming (Manon) ; Massimo Giordano (Des Grieux) ; Jean-Luc Chaignaud (Lescaut) ; Hao Jiang Tian (Count des Grieux) ; Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (Guillot de Morfontaine) ; William Shimell (De Brétigny) ; Monica Yunus (Poussette) ; Kate Lindsey (Javotte) ; Sandra Piques Eddy (Rosette) ; Patrick Carfizzi (An innkeeper) ; Charles Anthony and Brian Davis (Guards) ; Jean Braham (A maid) ; Jay Bahny (The porter of the seminary) ; Craig Montgomery and Daniel Clark Smith (Croupiers) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Jesús López-Cobos, conductor ; Margaret Juntwait, broadcast announcer.

Event

Recorded live at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, April 8, 2006.

Language

Sung in French.

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Added Author

Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897. Librettist

Gille, Philippe, 1831-1901. Librettist

Prévost, abbé, 1697-1763. Manon Lescaut.

Fleming Renée. Performer

Fleming Renée. Commentator

Giordano, Massimo. Performer

Chaignaud, Jean-Luc. Performer

Tian, Haojiang, 1955- Performer

Fouchécourt, Jean-Paul. Performer

Shimell, William. Performer

Yunus, Monica. Performer

Lindsey, Kate. Performer

Eddy, Sandra Piques. Performer

Carfizzi, Patrick. Performer

Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012. Performer

Davis, Brian (Singer)

Braham, Jean. Performer

Bahny, Jay. Performer

Montgomery, Craig (Singer) Performer

Smith, Daniel Clark. Performer

López Cobos, Jesús. Conductor

Juntwait, Margaret. Commentator

Guzelimian, Ara. Commentator

Gelb, Peter. Commentator

Mansouri, Lotfi. Commentator

Netrebko, Anna. Commentator

Flórez, Juan Diego, 1973- Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Toll Brothers Metropolitan Opera singers' roundtable (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 40740

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