Maria Callas - Puccini: Manon Lescaut (2014) [Hi-Res]

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Title: Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Year Of Release: 1957 / 2014
Label: Warner Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks, booklet) [96kHz/24bit]
Total Time: 2:00:44
Total Size: 1.24 GB
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Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

Manon Lescaut - opera in four acts

Act 1
01. "Ave, sera gentile" (Edmondo, Des Grieux, Chorus) (5:49)
02. "Tra voi, belle, brune e bionde" (Des Grieux, Chorus) (1:18)
03. "Ma bravo!" (Edmondo, Chorus) (1:53)
04. "Discendono, vediam!" (Edmondo, Lescaut, L'Oste, Des Grieux, Geronte, Chorus) (2:10)
05. "Cortese damigella, il priego mio accettate" (Des Grieux, Manon, Lescaut) (4:15)
06. "Donna non vidi mai" (Des Grieux) (2:37)
07. "La tua ventura ci rassicura" (Edmondo, Geronte, Lescaut, L'Oste, Chorus) (6:12)
08. "La tua Proserpina di resisterti" (Edmondo, Des Grieux) (1:50)
09. "Vedete? Io son fe dele alla parola mia" (Manon, Des Grieux, Lescaut) (4:27)
10. "Non c'è più vino?" (Des Grieux, Manon, Edmondo, Geronte, L'Oste, Lescaut) (3:00)
11. "Cavalli pronti avete?" (Lescaut, Geronte, Edmondo, Chorus) (3:01)

Act 2
12. "Dispettosetto questo riccio!" (Manon, Lescaut) (2:35)
13. "Sei splendida e lucente!" (Lescaut, Manon) (2:25)
14. "In quelle trine morbide" (Manon) (2:15)
15. "Poichè tu vuoi saper" (Lescaut, Manon) (2:56)
16. "Che ceffi son costor?" (Lescaut, Manon, Musician, Chorus) (2:14)
17. "Paga costor!" (Manon, Lescaut) (1:19)
18. "Vi prego, signorina" (Dancing Master, Geronte, Manon, Chorus) (8:37)
19. "Oh, sarò la più bella!" (Manon, Des Grieux) (8:19)
20. "Ah! ... Affè madamigella" (Manon, Geronte, Des Grieux) (3:11)
21. "Ah! Manon, mi tradisce" (Des Grieux, Manon) (2:36)
22. "Lescaut! ... Tu qui?" (Des Grieux, Manon, Lescaut, Sergeant) (3:33)
23. Intermezzo (5:18)

Act 3
24. "Ansia, eterna, crudel" (Des Grieux, Lescaut) (2:50)
25. "Manon! ... Des Grieux!" (Des Grieux, Manon, Lamplighter) (4:38)
26. "All'armi! All'armi!" (Lescaut, Des Grieux, Manon, Chorus) (1:04)
27. "Il passo m'aprite" (Sergeant, Commander, Chorus) (0:45)
28. "Rosetta!" (Sergente, Lescaut, Manon, Des Grieux, Chorus) (3:59)
29. "Presto in fila! Marciate!" (Sergeant, Des Grieux, Comandante, Chorus) (0:40)
30. "Ah! non v'avvicinate! ... Come io piango ed imploro" (Des Grieux, Commander) (3:03)

Act 4
31. "Tutta su me ti posa" (Des Grieux, Manon) (3:11)
32. "Manon, senti, amor mio! ... Vedi, son io che piango" (Des Grieux, Manon) (4:11)
33. "E nulla! Nulla!" (Des Grieux, Manon) (2:29)
34. "Sola, perduta, abbandonata" (Manon, Des Grieux) (5:00)
35. "Fra le tue braccia, amore" (Manon, Des Grieux) (7:05)

Each act of Puccini’s episodic opera shows Manon Lescaut in a different light – from the ingénue of the first to the desperate, dying woman of the last. Though Callas never performed the role on stage, she captures every aspect of this passionate, but selfish and enigmatic character. In this particular Puccini opera, the tenor is by no means overshadowed by the soprano, and Giuseppe di Stefano duly dominates the gripping scene at at Le Havre. The young Fiorenza Cossotto – a powerhouse in roles such as Amneris and Eboli – makes a cameo appearance as the Madrigal Singer.

Maria Callas, soprano (Manon Lescaut)
Giuseppe di Stefano, tenor (Des Grieux)
Giulio Fioravanti, baritone (Lescaut)
Franco Calabrese, bass (Geronte)
Dino Formichini, tenor (Edmondo)
Fiorenza Cossotto, mezzo-soprano (Madrigal singer)
Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan
Tullio Serafin, conductor

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