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Puccini - La Boheme, Manon Lescaut | Music and Arts WHRA6020

Puccini - La Boheme, Manon Lescaut

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Label: Music and Arts

Cat No: WHRA6020

Barcode: 8717092003285

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 4

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 1st September 2008

Contents

Artists

Jussi Bjorling
Bidu Sayao
Mimi Benzell
Frank Valentino
Nicola Moscona
Salvatore Baccaloni
Anthony Marlowe
Lawrence Davidson
Licia Albanese
Frank Guarrera
Fernando Corena
Thomas Hayward
George Cehanovsky
Rosalind Elias
Alessio De Paolis
Calvin Marsh
James McCracken
Osie Hawkins
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductors

Giuseppe Antonicelli
Dimitri Mitropoulos

Works

Puccini, Giacomo

La Boheme
Manon Lescaut

Artists

Jussi Bjorling
Bidu Sayao
Mimi Benzell
Frank Valentino
Nicola Moscona
Salvatore Baccaloni
Anthony Marlowe
Lawrence Davidson
Licia Albanese
Frank Guarrera
Fernando Corena
Thomas Hayward
George Cehanovsky
Rosalind Elias
Alessio De Paolis
Calvin Marsh
James McCracken
Osie Hawkins
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductors

Giuseppe Antonicelli
Dimitri Mitropoulos

About

The crisp urgency of Giuseppe Antonicelli’s approach greatly influences the phrasing of Jussi Björling, heard in La bohème in the only complete live recording of his Rodolfo. His shaping and colouring of the vocal line are entirely individual at all times and incomparably musical at best.

In Manon Lescaut, masterfully conducted by
Dimitri Mitropoulos, Licia Albanese is so totally alive and absorbed in her part, so varied and responsive in her colouring of words, that any tenor would risk sounding somewhat rigid and passive alongside her.

Björling as Des Grieux does not entirely avoid that risk (he projects words clearly and often caressingly), but it is rare to hear him interact with so much involvement when singing in Italian and vocally he has had no real rivals in the role since the Second World War.

Live performances from the MET - 1948 and 1956.

La bohème
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast: 25 December 1948
Cast:
- Mimì: Bidú Sayão
- Rodolfo: Jussi Björling
- Musetta: Mimi Benzell
- Marcello: Frank Valentino
- Schaunard: George Cehanovsky
- Colline: Nicola Moscona
- Benoit and Alcindoro: Salvatore Baccaloni
- Parpignol: Anthony Marlowe
- Sergeant: Lawrence Davidson
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Giuseppe Antonicelli

Manon Lescaut
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast: 31 March 1956
Cast:
- Manon: Licia Albanese
- Des Grieux; Jussi Björling
- Lescaut: Frank Guarrera
- Geronte: Fernando Corena
- Edmondo: Thomas Hayward
- Innkeeper: George Cehanovsky
- Solo Madrigalist: Rosalind Elias
- Dancing Master: Alessio De Paolis
- Sergeant: Calvin Marsh
- Lamplighter: James McCracken
- Captain: Osie Hawkins
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Dimitri Mitropoulos

Total times: CD 1 = 54:33, CD 2 = 55:31, CD 3 = 66:48, CD 4 = 69:07

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