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Manon [sound recording] : opera in five acts

Title
Manon [sound recording] : opera in five acts / 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, c2001.

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Additional Authors
  • Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
  • Benson, Ken (Ken G.)
  • Carfizzi, Patrick.
  • Castronovo, Charles.
  • De Candia, Roberto.
  • De Niese, Danielle.
  • Dudley, Jennifer.
  • Fitch, Bernard.
  • Gille, Philippe, 1831-1901.
  • Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 1933-2020.
  • Hamilton, David, 1935 January 18-
  • Hamilton, Lee (Singer)
  • Holmes, Richard (Singer)
  • Josephson, Kim.
  • Lowe, David (Singer)
  • Marx, Robert.
  • Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897.
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
  • Paynter, Stephen.
  • Peck, Donald.
  • Plishka, Paul, 1941-
  • Prévost, abbé, 1697-1763.
  • Pérez, Jossie.
  • Rudel, Julius.
  • Sabbatini, Giuseppe.
  • Seo, Jung-Hack.
  • Swenson, Ruth Ann.
Description
4 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Metropolitan Opera.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 3, 2001.
Uniform Title
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
  • Opera news on the air (Radio program)
Subjects
Note
  • Subtitle from house program.
  • Durations: 1:28:19 (synopses and features) ; 2:23:40 (opera).
  • Compact discs.
  • House program on file in Music Division.
Indexed In (note)
  • Opera news,
Performer (note)
  • Ruth Ann Swenson (Manon Lescaut) ; Giuseppe Sabbatini (Des Grieux) ; Roberto de Candia (Lescaut) ; Paul Plishka (Count des Grieux) ; Bernard Fitch (Guillot de Morfontaine) ; Kim Josephson (De Brétigny) ; Danielle de Niese (Poussette) ; Jennifer Dudley (Javotte) ; Jossie Pérez (Rosette) ; Patrick Carfizzi (An innkeeper) ; Charles Castronovo, Jung-Hack Seo (Guards) ; Richard Holmes (Sergeant) ; Lee Hamilton (A maid) ; Donald Peck (The porter of the seminary) ; David Lowe, Stephen Paynter (Croupiers) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Julius Rudel, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
  • Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 3, 2001.
Source (note)
  • Metropolitan Opera;
Language (note)
  • Sung in French.
Contents
CD 1. Act 1 ; synopsis of Act 2 (Peter Allen) ; Act 2 -- CD 2. Act 3 -- CD 3. Act 4 ; synopsis of Act 5 (Allen) ; Act 5 ; closing (Allen) -- CD 4. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Allen) ; Opera news on the air: "Manon" in the French & Italian styles (David Hamilton) ; Ken Benson pays tribute to Victoria de los Angeles who made her Met debut in "Faust," 3/17/51 ; synopsis of Act 3 (Allen) ; Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg talks with Robert Marx about her love of opera ; synopsis of Act 4 (Allen).
Call Number
*LDC 26947
Author
Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912.
Title
Manon [sound recording] : opera in five acts / Jules Massenet ; libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, after the novel by the Abbé Prévost.
Imprint
[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2001.
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 3, 2001.
Cast
Ruth Ann Swenson (Manon Lescaut) ; Giuseppe Sabbatini (Des Grieux) ; Roberto de Candia (Lescaut) ; Paul Plishka (Count des Grieux) ; Bernard Fitch (Guillot de Morfontaine) ; Kim Josephson (De Brétigny) ; Danielle de Niese (Poussette) ; Jennifer Dudley (Javotte) ; Jossie Pérez (Rosette) ; Patrick Carfizzi (An innkeeper) ; Charles Castronovo, Jung-Hack Seo (Guards) ; Richard Holmes (Sergeant) ; Lee Hamilton (A maid) ; Donald Peck (The porter of the seminary) ; David Lowe, Stephen Paynter (Croupiers) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Julius Rudel, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 65, no. 9 (Mar. 2001).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 3, 2001.
Language
Sung in French.
Added Author
Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator
Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897. Librettist
Gille, Philippe, 1831-1901. Librettist
Prévost, abbé, 1697-1763. Manon Lescaut.
Swenson, Ruth Ann. Performer
Sabbatini, Giuseppe. Performer
De Candia, Roberto. Performer
Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer
Fitch, Bernard. Performer
Josephson, Kim. Performer
De Niese, Danielle. Performer
Dudley, Jennifer. Performer
Pérez, Jossie. Performer
Carfizzi, Patrick. Performer
Castronovo, Charles. Performer
Seo, Jung-Hack. Performer
Holmes, Richard (Singer) Performer
Hamilton, Lee (Singer) Performer
Peck, Donald. Performer
Lowe, David (Singer) Performer
Paynter, Stephen. Performer
Rudel, Julius. Conductor
Hamilton, David, 1935 January 18- Commentator
Benson, Ken (Ken G.) Commentator
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 1933-2020. Commentator
Marx, Robert. Commentator
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Opera news on the air (Radio program)
Gift of Metropolitan Opera.
Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LDC 26947
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