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Manon : [opera in five acts]

Title: Manon : radio broadcast, 2012-04-07 : [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, [2012]

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Description

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

Series Statement

Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts
Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] April 7, 2012

Uniform Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Radio program)
Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] April 7, 2012.
Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.

Alternative Title

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

Title and date from the discs ; credits from audition and Metropolitan Opera program.
House program on file in Music Division.

Performer (note)

Anna Netrebko (Manon Lescaut) ; Piotr Beczala (Des Grieux) ; Paulo Szot (Lescaut) ; David Pittsinger (Count des Grieux) ; Christophe Mortagne (Guillot de Morfontaine) ; Bradley Garvin (De Brétigny) ; Anne-Carolyn Bird (Poussette) ; Jennifer Black (Javotte) ; Ginger Costa-Jackson (Rosette) ; Philip Cokorinos (An innkeeper) ; Alexander Lewis, David Crawford (Guards) ; Kathryn Day (A maid) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Fabio Luisi, conductor.

Source (note)

Metropolitan Opera

Language (note)

Sung in French; commentary in English.

Contents

CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Margaret Juntwait and Ira Stiff) ; Act 1 ; Synopsis of Act 2 ; Act 2 -- CD 2. Voigt interviews Beczala ; Manon Time Capsule ; Juntwait talks with Netrebko (on tape) ; Commentary on Manon and Traviata (Juntwait and Siff) ; Juntwait talks with Dessay (on tape) ; Met Memory with orchestra member Nielsen and Lewin ; Synopsis of Act 3, scene 1 ; Act 3, scene 1 ; Synopsis of Act 3, scene 2 ; Act 3, scene 2, start -- CD 3. Act 3, scene 2, conclusion ; Met Memory with Costanzo and Mary Jo Heath ; Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Moore questions Krisel, Scheppelmann, Bristo; with guest Polenzani) ; Synopsis of Act 4 ; Act 4 ; Synopsis of Act 5 ; Act 5, start -- CD 4. Act 5, conclusion ; Closing remarks (Juntwait and Siff).

Call Number

*LDC 53135

OCLC

870718369

Author

Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912, composer.

Title

Manon : radio broadcast, 2012-04-07 : [opera in five acts] / Jules Massenet ; libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, after the novel by the abbé Prévost.

Production

New York, NY : Metropolitan Opera, [2012]

Playing Time

011957 011957 011957 001634

Type of Content

performed music

Type of Medium

audio

Type of Carrier

audio disc

Series

Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts

Toll Brothers--Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] April 7, 2012

Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] April 7, 2012.

Metropolitan Opera Saturday matinée broadcasts.

Performer

Margaret Juntwait, Gerald Martin Moore, hosts ; Deborah Voigt, interviewer ; Piotr Beczala, Anna Netrebko, Natalie Dessay, interviewees ; Ira Siff, Michelle Krisel, Christina Scheppelmann, Damon Bristo, Matthew Polenzani, Erik Nielsen, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Mary Jo Heath, commentators.

Cast

Anna Netrebko (Manon Lescaut) ; Piotr Beczala (Des Grieux) ; Paulo Szot (Lescaut) ; David Pittsinger (Count des Grieux) ; Christophe Mortagne (Guillot de Morfontaine) ; Bradley Garvin (De Brétigny) ; Anne-Carolyn Bird (Poussette) ; Jennifer Black (Javotte) ; Ginger Costa-Jackson (Rosette) ; Philip Cokorinos (An innkeeper) ; Alexander Lewis, David Crawford (Guards) ; Kathryn Day (A maid) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Fabio Luisi, conductor.

Event

Broadcast live on Sirius XM Metropolitan Opera Radio from Metropolitan Opera House, NYC 2012 April 7.

Language

Sung in French; commentary in English.

Source

Gift; Metropolitan Opera, August 2012.

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Added Author

Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897, librettist.

Gille, Philippe, 1831-1901, librettist.

Based on (work): Prévost, abbé, 1697-1763. Manon Lescaut.

Luisi, Fabio, conductor.

Netrebko, Anna, performer.

Netrebko, Anna, interviewee.

Beczala, Piotr, performer.

Beczala, Piotr, interviewee.

Szot, Paulo, singer.

Pittsinger, David, performer.

Mortagne, Christophe, performer.

Garvin, Bradley, performer.

Bird, Anne Carolyn, performer.

Black, Jennifer (Soprano), performer.

Costa-Jackson, Ginger, performer.

Cokorinos, Philip, performer.

Lewis, Alexander, 1982- performer.

Crawford, David, 1978- performer.

Day, Kathryn, performer.

Moore, Gerald Martin, host.

Krisel, Michelle, commentator.

Scheppelmann, Christina, commentator.

Bristo, Damon, commentator.

Polenzani, Matthew, commentator.

Nielsen, Erik, 1977- commentator.

Costanzo, Anthony Roth, commentator.

Juntwait, Margaret, host.

Siff, Ira, commentator.

Heath, Mary Joanne Renner, 1954- commentator.

Lewin, Naomi, commentator.

Voigt, Deborah, interviewer.

Dessay, Natalie, 1965- interviewee.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), performer.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), donor NN-RHA

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Research Call Number

*LDC 53135

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