Description |
3 audio discs (189 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
Playing Time |
030900 |
Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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stereo |
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digital recording |
Note |
Opera in 5 acts. |
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Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based on: L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut / Antoine-François Prévost d'Exiles. |
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Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, after L'histoire du chevalier Des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by Antoine-François Prévost d'Exiles. |
Performer |
Beverly Sills (Manon); Nicolai Gedda (Le chevalier des Grieux); Gérard Souzay (Lescaut); Gabriel Bacquier (Le comte des Grieux); Nico Castel (Guillot de Morfontaine); Michel Trempont (Brétigny); Patricia Kern (Rosette); Michèle Raynaud (Poussette); Hélia T'Hézan (Javotte); Ambrosian Opera Chorus; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Julius Rudel, conductor. |
Event |
Recorded July 1970, All Saints' Church, Tooting, London. |
Note |
"Previously released by ABC Records, Inc." |
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Compact discs. |
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Program notes by Roger Pines and synopsis in English, and libretto with English translation (127 p. : ill.) laid in container. |
Language |
Sung in French. |
Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Added Author |
Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897, librettist.
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Gille, Philippe, 1831-1901, librettist.
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Sills, Beverly, performer.
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Gedda, Nicolai, performer.
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Souzay, Gérard, 1918-2004, performer.
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Bacquier, Gabriel, performer.
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Castel, Nico, performer.
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Trempont, Michel, performer.
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Kern, Patricia, performer.
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Raynaud, Michèle, performer.
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T'Hézan, Hélia, performer.
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Rudel, Julius, conductor.
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Prévost, abbé, 1697-1763.
Manon Lescaut.
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Ambrosian Opera Chorus, performer.
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New Philharmonia Orchestra, performer.
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Music No. |
B0002470-02 Deutsche Grammophon |
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