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Puccini Operas, Vol. 1 - Manon Lescaut; La boheme; Tosca

6 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-06-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca
Performers: Benacka, Stanislav; Carroll, Silvano; Deyck, Lucienne Van; Durco, Jan; Dvorsky, Miroslav; Gauci, Miriam; George, Donald; Gijsegem, Ludwig van; Gonzales, Carmen; Hallon, Ladislav; Kaludov, Kaludi; Lam...
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander; Humburg, Will
Ensemble: ; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra Brussels; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchesra

Giacomo Puccini is one of the most celebrated and beloved operatic composers that has ever lived. Included in this first installment of Puccini Operas are...continue...

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Freni, Pavarotti, Croft, Vargas, Bartoli

2 CD / Decca / 2011-11-21

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Vargas, Ramon [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Penguin Guide
With Luciano Pavarotti as a powerful Des Grieux, James Levine conducts a comparably big-boned performance of Manon Lescaut, bringing out the red-blooded drama of...continue...
Recording information: Manhattan Center Studios, New York (08/1992)....continue...

Royal Swedish Opera Archives 1

2 CD / Caprice Records / 2011-01-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Billengren, Lars; Bjorling, Jussi; Lovberg, Aase Nordmo; Moberg, Ruth
Conductors: Sandberg, Herbert; Grevillius, Nils

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Serafin, Di Stefano

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Formichini, Dino
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio

"Callas may present a rather formidable portrait of a young girl in Act 1, but here the final act with its long duet and the...continue...
Recording information: Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy (07/18/1957-07/27/1957)....continue...

Puccini: Manon Lescaut

2 CD / Bella Voce Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Jules Massenet: Manon
Performers: Borsò, Umberto; Carlin, Mario; Foiani, Giovanni; Lidonni, Ferdinando; Olivero, Magda; Ruivenkamp, Joop; Venditelli, Giuseppe
Conductors: Vernizzi, Fulvio; Argento, Pietro

Placido Domingo: My Greatest Roles, Vol 1 / Puccini [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-11-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Manon Lescaut; La Fanciulla del West
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Domingo, Placido; Malfitano, Catherine; Neblett, Carol; Raimondi, Ruggero; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Santi, Nello
Ensemble: Rome Symphony Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Master of well over 100 great operatic roles, winner of a dozen Grammy Awards, a great humanitarian, Placido Domingo's musical lyricism and passion have placed...continue...
Run Time: 424 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM, Dolby 2.0
Subtitles: English, French, German
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Puccini: Manon Lescaut

2 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2009-11-03

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Conductors: Perlea, Jonel

Recording information: Opera House, Rome (07/1954)....continue...

Puccini - The Definitive Collection / Pavarotti, Freni, Sutherland, et al

11 CD / Decca / 2008-11-11

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; Manon Lescaut
Performers: Appelt, Hans-Dieter; Baratti, Walter; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bunnell, Jane; Caballe, Montserrat; Courtney, James; Croft, Dwayne; Davia, Federico; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Frese, Sieg...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Rescigno, Nicola; Mehta, Zubin; Levine, James

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Weber; Trinsinger; Beerman/Robert-Schumann-PO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2008-10-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Gabler, Martin; Mutze, Jurgen; Penttinen, Tiina; Randall, Edward; Rasanen, Kouta; Trinsinger, Heiko; Weber, Astrid; Winter, Matthias; Zurabishvili, Zurab
Conductors: Beermann, Frank
Ensemble: Robert Schumann Philharmonic

'Manon Lescaut', Puccini's first major success, is a work of impassioned emotions based on the 18th-century novel by Abbe Prevost, depicting the doomed infatuation of...continue...
Run Time: 144 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Giacomo Puccini - The Operas / Bartoletti, Prêtre, Alagna, Bergonzi, Caballé, Callas, Corelli, Freni, et al

17 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La Fanciulla del West; La Rondine; Morire?, song for voice & piano; Le Villi; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; ...
Performers: Adani, Mariella; Alagna, Roberto; Andreolli, Florindo; Bacelli, Monica; Badioli, Carlo; Banks, Barry; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bertona, Silvia [Soprano Vocal]; Biccire, Patrizia; Björling, Jussi; Busher...
Conductors: Bartoletti, Bruno; Pappano, Antonio; Schippers, Thomas; Prêtre, Georges; Santini, Gabriele; Matacic, Lovro von; Molinari-Pradelli, France
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra

All of Puccini's popular operas are represented in this 17-CD boxed set, as well as the less frequently heard titles 'La Rondine', 'La Fanciulla del...continue...

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Levine/MET, Mattila, Giordani [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2008-09-16

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Croft, Dwayne; Giordani, Marcello; Mattila, Karita; Travis, Dale
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Ballet; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Continuing its collaboration with the Metropolitan Opera and its Metropolitan Opera : Live in High-Definition series, EMI Classics is proud to release the METs classic...continue...

Luciano Pavarotti "A Legend Says Goodbye" / Live Performance & Documentary [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Koch International / 2008-04-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Arietta da Camera (6) for voice & piano; Ma rendi pur contento; Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi; Jules Massenet: Werther; Ottorino Respighi: Nevicata; Pioggia; Nebbie; Pietro Mascagni: S...
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano

Luciano Pavarotti needs no introduction. With over 100 million albums sold total in over 100 countries, Pavarotti remains the most successful classical artist in the...continue...
Run Time: 82 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: Spain
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Puccini: Manon Lescaut

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2008-03-11

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Bosco, Carlo del; Casarini, Gianfranco; Domingo, Placido; Federici, Franco; Fioravanti, Giulio; Lorenzi, Ermanno; Mariotti, Alfredo; Olivero, Magda; Ricciardi, Franco
Conductors: Santi, Nello
Ensemble: Verona Teatro Arena Orchestra

Perhaps the greatest May-December match-up in opera recording, this thrilling live performance of Manon Lescaut stars tenor Placido Domingo near the beginning of his career,...continue...

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Perlea, Björling, Albanese, et al

2 CD / Musical Concepts / 2008-02-05

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Björling, Jussi; Calabrese, Franco; Campi, Enrico; Carlin, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Rota, Anna Maria
Conductors: Perlea, Jonel; Bellezza, Vincenzo; Cellini, Renato
Ensemble: ; Rome Opera House Orchestra

"The sound may be limited, but no Puccinian should miss this, where Bjorling gives the finest ever interpretation on record of the role of Des...continue...

Verdi, Puccini, Bizet, Cilea: Operas / Domingo, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Aida, opera; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Arroyo, Martina; Bertagna, Gianfranco; Bosco, Carlo del; Caballé, Montserrat; Cahill, Teresa; Cappuccilli, Piero; Casarini, Gianfranco; Ciannella, Giuliano; Cossotto, Fiorenza; ...
Conductors: Inbal, Eliahu; Santi, Nello; Abbado, Claudio; Solti, Sir Georg; Masini, Gianfranco; Kleiber, Carlos

Six complete operas starring the great Placido Domingo at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic...continue...

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Sinopoli, Freni, Domingo, Bruson

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-05-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Allen, Paschal; Bruson, Renato; Curtis, Mark; Domingo, Placido; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Freni, Mirella; Fryatt, John; Gambill, Robert; MacPherson, George; Rydl, Kurt [Bass Vocal...
Conductors: Sinopoli, Giuseppe

Penguin Guide
No doubt [Rostropovich's] influence from the centre of the string texture contributes to the eloquence of the famous Adagio, which, like the performance as...continue...

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Gardiner, Glyndebourne Festival / Palombi, Denniston, Nitescu [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2007-04-24

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Connolly, Sarah; De Candia, Roberto; Denniston, Patrick; Montarsolo, Paolo; Mosley-Evans, Richard; Nitescu, Anita; Palombi, Antonello; Sharp, Kevin [tenor]
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Festival Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Manon Lescaut, Puccini's first major success, is a work of impassioned emotions based on the 18th-century novel by Abbe Prevost, depicting the doomed infatuation of...continue...
Run Time: 126 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Country of Origin: USA
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Puccini: Manon Lescaut, Scotto, Domingo, Levine/MET [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-05-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Creech, Phillip; Domingo, Placido; Elvira, Pablo; Jones, Isola; Scotto, Renata
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Demanding roles for both soprano and tenor leads are handled expertly by the great Renata Scotto and the magnificent Placido Domingo. "Director Gian Carlo Menotti...gives...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Opera) / Riccardo Muti, Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala [DVD]

2 DVD Video / TDK / 2005-09-20

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Cura, José; Gallo, Lucio; Guleghina, Maria
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

This recording features Puccini's heart-breaking opera from one of the best opera houses of the world, featuring tenor Jose Cura and soprano Maria Guleghina as...continue...
Run Time: 134 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic , Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Surround, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: E...continue...

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Santi, Domingo, Olivero, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-09-20

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Bosco, Carlo del; Casarini, Gianfranco; Domingo, Placido; Federici, Franco; Fioravanti, Giulio; Lorenzi, Ermanno; Mariotti, Alfredo; Olivero, Magda; Ricciardi, Franco
Conductors: Santi, Nello
Ensemble: Verona Teatro Arena Orchestra

"This set was recorded live in Verona in 1970, when Placido Domingo was still barely known, and it captures him in fantastically exciting form -...continue...

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Perlea, Bjoerling, Albanese, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-04-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Bjorling, Jussi; Calabrese, Franco; Campi, Enrico; Carlin, Mario; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Perlea, Jonel
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra

"This 'classic' 1954 recording is indeed that: I'd be hard pressed to think of a better performance of this opera, either live or on discs....continue...

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Bartoletti, Caballé, Domingo

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-03-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Dickerson, Bernard; Domingo, Placido; Howell, Gwynne; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Mangin, Noel; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]; Sardinero, Vicente; Tear, Robert; van Allan, Richar...
Conductors: Bartoletti, Bruno
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Levine, Freni, Pavarotti

2 CD / Decca / 2004-09-14

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Courtney, James; Croft, Dwayne; Davia, Federico; Freni, Mirella; Groves, Paul; Laciura, Anthony; Pavarotti, Luciano; Taddei, Giuseppe; Vargas, Ramón [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Veltri, Olivero, Tucker, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-06-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Olivero, Magda; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Veltri, Michelangelo

Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Complete)

2 CD / Decca Import / 1998-12-16

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Carolis, Natale de; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Coni, Paolo; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Freschi, Ledo; Gaifa, Carlo; Matteuzzi, William; Tadeo, Giorgio [Bass Vocal]; Tajo, Italo; Te Kana...
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo

Penguin Guide
Dame Kiri gives an affecting characterization of Manon, at times rather heavily underlined but passionately convincing...Carreras is in good form, but sounds a little...continue...

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Vernizzi, Olivero, Borso, et al

2 CD / Bella Voce / 1996-09-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Jules Massenet: Manon
Performers: Appelman, Tine; Borso, Umberto; Carlin, Mario; Foiani, Giovanni; Lidonni, Ferndinando; Olivero, Magda; Ruivenkamp, Joop; Venditelli, Giuseppe
Conductors: Vernizzi, Fulvio; Argento, Pietro
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Rahbari, Gauci, kaludov, Sardinero

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1992-08-19

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Deyck, Lucienne Van; Gauci, Miriam; George, Donald; Kaludov, Kaludi; Lauwers, Henk; Rosca, Marcello; Sardinero, Vicente
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander
Ensemble: Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra