Please seed! Giacomo Puccini - Manon Lescaut performed in Italian Manon Lescaut is an opera in four acts by Giacomo Puccini. The story is based on the 1731 novel L’histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by the Abbé Prévost. The libretto is in Italian. It was somehow cobbled together by five librettists whom Puccini employed (or went through): Ruggero Leoncavallo, Marco Praga, Giuseppe Giacosa, Domenico Oliva and Luigi Illica. The publisher, Giulio Ricordi, and the composer himself also contributed to the libretto. So confused was the authorship of the libretto that no one was credited on the title page of the original score. Puccini took some musical elements in Manon Lescaut from earlier works he had written. For example, the madrigal Sulla vetta tu del monte from Act II echoes the Agnus Dei from his 1880 Messa a quattro voci. Other elements of Manon Lescaut come from his compositions for strings: the quartet Crisantemi (January 1890), three Menuets (probably 1884)[1] and a Scherzo (1883?). The love theme comes from the aria Mentia l'avviso (1883). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manon_Lescaut_(Puccini) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_Puccini Cast Manon Lescaut - Miriam Gauci, soprano Lescaut - Vincenzo Sardinero, baritone Des Grieux - Kaludi Kaludov, tenor Geronte - Marcel Rosca, bass Edmondo - Donald George, tenor Un sergente degli arcieri - Henk Lauwers, bass Il maestro di ballo - Ludwig Van Gijsegem, tenor Una voce sola - Lucienne van Deyck, mezzo-soprano Lampionaio - Ludwig Van Gijsegem, tenor L'oste - Henk Lauwers, bass Un comandante di Marina - Henk Lauwers, bass BRT Philharmonic Chorus - Jaak Gregor Choir Vic Nees, Jaak Gregor, Chorus Masters BRT Philharmonic Orchestra (Brussels) Alexander Rahbari, conductor ---------------------------------------------------- Compact Disc - Naxos 8.660019-20 {2CD} (1992) For libretto (German and Italian) and further info about the opera: http://www.opera-guide.ch/opera.php?id=284&uilang=en Giacomo Puccini - Manon Lescaut disc 1 01 ATTO PRIMO. Ave, sera gentile 02 L'amor? ... l'amor?! 03 Tra voi, belle, brune e bionde 04 Ma bravo! 05 Descendono, vediam! Viaggiatori eleganti, galanti! 06 Cortese damigella, il priego mio acettate 07 Donna non vidi mai simile a questa! 08 La tua ventura - ci rassicura 09 Vecchietto amabile 10 Vedete? lo'son 'fedele 11 Non c'e piu vino¿ E che¿ Vuota e la bottle¿ 12 Di sedur la sorellina e il momento 13 ATTO SECONDO. Dispettosetto questo riccio! 14 In quelle trine morbide 15 Poiche tu vuoi saper ... 16 Che ceffi son costor? Ciarlatani o speziali? 17 Paga costor! 18 Minuetto 19 Oh, saro la piu bella! Giacomo Puccini - Manon Lescaut disc 2 01 ATTO SECONDO. Ah! ... Affe', madamigella 02 Senti, di qui partiamo 03 Lescaut¿! Tu qui¿! 04 Intermezzo 05 ATTO TERSO. Ansia eterna, crude! ... 06 ..e Kate respose al Re; 07 All'armi! All'armi! 08 L'Appello; Rosetta! 09 Presto! In fila! Marciate! 10 ATTO QUATRO. Tutta su me ti posa 11 Manon, senti, amor mio 12 Sei tu che piangi¿ 13 Sola, perduta, abbandonata 14 Fra le tue braccia, amore http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.660019-20&catNum=660019&filetype=About this Recording&language=English# http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.660019-20 http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2001/Jan01/Manon_Lescaut.htm http://www.allmusic.com/album/puccini-manon-lescaut-w110518 For my other ul of Puccini operas, all in FLAC http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5443611/Giacomo_Puccini_-_Gianni_Schicchi http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5512783/Giacomo_Puccini_-_Il_Trittico_FLAC http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5458301/Giacomo_Puccini_-_La_Boheme_(EMI_1956) http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5739751/Giacomo_Puccini_-_La_Fanciulla_Del_West_[2_CD]_(Neblett__Domingo http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5517442/Giacomo_Puccini_-_Madama_Butterfly_(EMI_1959)_De_los_Angeles__Bj http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5516918/Giacomo_Puccini_-_Madama_Butterfly_[3_CD]_(Decca_1987)_Freni__Pa http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6393389/Giacomo_Puccini_-_The_Best_of_Puccini_[VA]_(1993)__FLAC http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6376560/Giacomo_Puccini_-_Tosca_(Marton__Carreras__Thomas)_1990__FLAC http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6374039/Giacomo_Puccini_-_Tosca_(Nilsson__Corelli__Dieskau)_1967__FLAC http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5682619/Giacomo_Puccini_-_Turandot_[2_CD__[Mehta__Pavarotti__Suthrland]_ http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5521613/Giacomo_Puccinii_-_Madama_Butterfly_[3_CD]_[DG_1988]_Freni__Carr
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