Manon Lescaut
- Title
- Manon Lescaut [sound recording] / Puccini.
- Published by
- Milano (Italy) : Myto Records, p1993.
- Author
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Details
- Additional authors
- Oliva, Domenico
- Ricordi, Giulio, 1840-1912
- Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919
- Praga, Marco, 1862-1929
- Kirsten, Dorothy, 1910-1992
- Valdengo, Giuseppe, 1914-2007
- Björling, Jussi, 1911-1960
- Baccaloni, Salvatore, 1900-1969
- Antonicelli, Giuseppe
- Verchi, Nino
- Prévost, abbé, 1697-1763
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra. prf
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Chorus. prf
- Description
- 2 sound discs (152 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in. +
- Subject
- Owning institution
- Columbia University Libraries
- Note
- Libretto by Domenico Oliva, Giulio Ricordi, Luigi Illica, and Marco Praga ; based on Abbé Antoine-François Prévost's novel Manon Lescaut.
- Compact discs.
- Booklet with libretto in Italian and notes in English laid in container.
- Includes selections from the Metropolitan Opera production of Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana of 16 October 1959: Giulietta Simionato (Santuzza), Jussi Björling (Turridu), Rosalind Elias (Lola), other assisting soloists ; Nino Verchi, conductor. Also includes two duets from the Royal Opera, Stockholm, production of Manon Lescaut of 11 January 1959: Jussi Björling (Des Grieux) and Hjördis Schymberg (Manon).
- Event (note)
- Recorded 12 October 1949, Metropolitan Opera House, New York.