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Manon Lescaut
Title
Manon Lescaut / Giacomo Puccini.
Publication
[New York, New York] : [Metropolitan Opera], [1949]
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 audio file (1 hr., 49 min., 11 sec.))
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Duration: 1 hr., 49 min., 11 sec.
Recorded live in 1949 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York.
Sung in Italian.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Puccini's early opera captures all the youthful ardor of the scandalous story of Manon Lescaut. A gripping Dorothy Kirsten plays the desirable young girl being shipped off to a convent, who falls in love with Des Grieux (the sensational Jussi Björling) and leads him to ruin. When the story was first published in the 18th century it was meant as a warning to young people. But Puccini's sweeping melodies and lush harmonies are as enticing as the unforgettable performances by Kirsten and Björling. Young, heedless romance at its best.
Variant and related titles
Met opera on demand OCLC KB.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
Italian
Added to Catalog
February 20, 2024
Performers
Dorothy Kirsten ; Jussi Björling ; Giuseppe Valdengo ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Giuseppe Antonicelli, conductor.
Contents
Ave, sera gentile
Tra voi, belle, brune e bionde
Ma bravo! Ma bravo!
Cortese damigella il priego mio accettate
Donna non vidi mai
La tua ventura ci rassicura
Un asso
Un fante
Un tre!
La tua Proserpina
Vedete? Io son fedele
Di sedur la sorellina è il momento
Cavalli pronti avete?
Dispettosetto questo riccio!
In quelle trine morbide
Poichè tu vuoi saper
Che ceffi son costor? ; Sulla vette tu del monte
Paga costor!
Minuetto
Vi prego, signorina
L'ora, o Tirsi, è vaga e bella
Oh, sarò la più bella ; Tu, tu amore? Tu!
Oh tentatrice!
Ah!
Affè, madamigella
Senti, di qui partiamo
Ah, Manon, mi tradisce
Lescaut?! Tu qui?!
Intermezzo: The imprisonment ; The journey to l'Havre
Ansia eterna, crudel
e Kate rispose al Re
All'armi! All'armi!
Il passo m'aprite
Rosetta! ; Eh, che aria!
Presto! In fila! Marciate! ; No! Pazzo son!
Tutta su me ti posa
Manon, senti, amor mio
Vedi, vedi, son io che piango
Sola perduta, abbandonata
Fra le tue braccia, amore.
Subjects
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), performer.
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