Manon Massenet

Adam Fischer, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Edita Gruberova, Francisco Araiza - Massenet: Manon (2006/1986)

Adam Fischer, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Edita Gruberova, Francisco Araiza - Massenet: Manon (2006/1986)
NTSC 4:3 (720x480) VBR | Francais (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (DTS, 5 ch) | 7.74 Gb (DVD9) | 167 min
Classical | Deutsche Grammophon | Sub: Francais, English, Deutsch, Espanol, Chinese

Filmed live at the Vienna State Opera in December 1983, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s elegant staging of Manon captures all the pathos of Massenet’s masterpiece. Adam Fischer leads an all-star cast featuring the incomparable Edita Gruberova in the title role and the brilliant Francisco Araiza as Le chevalier des Grieux. Massenet’s Manon was immensely successful from the outset, and it has remained a hit ever since its world premiere in Paris in 1884.
Victor Pablo Pérez, Orquestra Simfònica e Coro del Gran Teatre del Liceu - Massenet: Manon (2007)

Victor Pablo Pérez, Orquestra Simfònica e Coro del Gran Teatre del Liceu - Massenet: Manon (2007)
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Français | LinearPCM, 2 ch | DTS, 5 ch | Dolby AC3, 5 ch | 7.61 + 6.93 Gb (2xDVD9) | 175 min
Classical |Virgin Classics | Sub: English, Francais, Deutsch, Italiano, Espanol, Catalan

David McVicar's production of Manon takes a more than usually harsh view of the story…Here, everything and everybody is for sale… It is thrilling, sometimes even slightly shocking, and throughout the direction of the cast is faultless: every scene bears re-viewing for the amount of detail and dramatic energy that is released. It is unlikely that Natalie Dessay will ever give a greater performance than this. Her singing of each of the great arias is equally fascinating. The scene in which she and Rolando Villazón size each other up before speaking is exquisitely managed… Villazón makes a passionate hero. I cannot imagine that we will see another Manon to equal this for a long time. (Gramophone)
Daniel Barenboim, Staatskapelle Berlin, Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazon - Massenet: Manon (2008) [Blu-Ray]

Daniel Barenboim, Staatskapelle Berlin, Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón - Massenet: Manon (2008) [Blu-Ray]
BluRay | BDMV | MPEG-4 AVC Video / 1080i / 29,970 fps | 158 min | 43,2 Gb
Audio1: Français / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 24-bit | Audio2: LPCM Audio / 5.1 / 24-bit | Audio3: DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 24-bit
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BluRay-rip1 | MKV 1920x1080 / 5000 kbps / 29,97 fps | 158 min | 9,80 Gb
BluRay-rip2 | MKV 1280x720 / 2762 kbps / 29,97 fps | 158 min | 7,31 Gb
Audio: Français / PCM / 2ch / 48.0 KHz / 24 bits | DTS / 6ch / 48.0 KHz / 24 bits
Classical | Deutsche Grammophon | Sub: French, English, German, Spanish, Chinese

International superstars Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón give inspired performances in Massenet's passionate opera, Manon. Netrebko gives full range to her abilities as a singer and actress in portraying innocence, lust, greed and, above all, beauty. It is Netrebko's mesmerizing performance which makes Villazón's youthful passion and ultimate despair even more authentic and heart-breaking. The setting in this production has been updated to the 1950s and the entire opera takes place as if Manon were the star of her own film. Indeed, Netrebko transforms her character from the innocence of Audrey Hepburn through the voluptuousness of Marilyn Monroe into the tragedy of Ingrid Bergman.
Martin Yates, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Sarah Lamb, Vadim Muntagirov - Kenneth MacMillan: Manon (2019) [BDRip]

Martin Yates, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Sarah Lamb, Vadim Muntagirov - Kenneth MacMillan: Manon (2019) [BDRip]
BluRay-rip | AVC | MKV 1280x720 / 2762 kbps / 29,970 fps | 119 min | 2,67 Gb
Audio: AC3 / 6ch / 48.0 KHz / 448 Kbps
Classical | OPUS ARTE

Sarah Lamb and Vadim Muntagirov star as tragic lovers Manon and Des Grieux in this performance of Kenneth MacMillans Manon, a classic of the Royal Ballet repertory. Nicholas Gerogiadiss period designs set the ballet in the contrasting worlds of Paris Luxury and Louisiana swampland, while the intense emotion of MacMillans choreography is complemented by a score drawn from Massenets music. The impassioned pas de deux from Manon and Des Grieux drive this tragic story, and make Manon one of MacMillans most powerful dramas.
Fatma Said - Kaleidoscope: Massenet, Straus, Strauss, Offenbach, Gounod, Loewe, Berlin, Weill, Gardel, Piazzolla, Lehár (2022)

Fatma Said - Kaleidoscope: Massenet, Straus, Strauss, Offenbach, Gounod, Loewe, Berlin, Weill, Gardel, Piazzolla, Lehár (2022)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 335 Mb | Total time: 68:28 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Warner Classics | # 5054197139215 | Recorded: 2021

‘A dancer’s blood runs in my veins’ announces the heroine of Léhar’s Giuditta in the beguiling bolero-cum-waltz ‘Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiß!’ which blazes into life around fifteen minutes into today’s Recording of the Week from Egyptian soprano Fatma Said, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo and special guests including lutenist David Bergmüller, Quinteto Ángel and the vision string quartet.

Andree Esposito - Massenet: Thaïs by Andrée Esposito (2022)  Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Dec. 23, 2022
Andree Esposito - Massenet: Thaïs by Andrée Esposito (2022)

Andree Esposito - Massenet: Thaïs by Andrée Esposito (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:26:19 | 335 / 732 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Alexandre Bak - Classical Music Reference Recording

Esposito was then quickly invited to all the major opera houses of France, including the Paris Opéra-Comique, singing the standard French light lyric repertory: Olympia in Les contes d'Hoffmann, Philline in Mignon, Mireille, Micaela in Carmen, Leila in Les pêcheurs de perles, Lakmé. She made her debut at the Paris Opéra in 1959, as Violetta in La traviata. Other roles there included, Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor, Gilda in Rigoletto, Xenia in Boris Godunov, Marguerite in Faust, Juliette in Roméo et Juliette, as well as Massenet's Manon and Thais.She was also a very active recitalist, especially of French songs by Chausson and Duparc. She participated in the creation of many contemporary works, such as Le chevalier de neige by Delerue, Andrea del Sarto by Daniel-Lesur, The Mines of Sulphur by Bennett, and The Devils of Loudun by Penderecki.She also enjoyed singing in operettas, such as Die Fledermaus, and The Merry Widow.Esposito was married to French baritone Julien Haas, with whom she often appeared on stage, the two were also active as voice teachers at the Strasbourg Music Conservatory.
Andrea Bocelli, Ana María Martínez & Plácido Domingo - Puccini: Manon Lescaut (2014) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Andrea Bocelli, Ana María Martínez & Plácido Domingo - Puccini: Manon Lescaut (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 118:10 minutes | 2.18 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

Puccini’s Manon Lescaut with Ana María Martínez, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Coro de la Generalitat Valenciana and conductor Plácido Domingo is the dark story of love, betrayal, jealousy and death. Manon calls for dramatic, forceful performances and gets the full treatment here in this new studio recording.
Patricia Petibon, Yves Abel, Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Lyon - French Touch (2003)

Patricia Petibon, Yves Abel, Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Lyon - French Touch (2003)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 307 Mb | Total time: 62:48 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Decca | 475 090-2 | Recorded: 2002

French Touch is soprano Petibon's 2003 release which features the works of such French composers for example Delibes, Massenet and Offenbach to mention a few. Petibon sings with much enthusiasm and joy which makes it a very enjoyable recording. Yves Abel leads the national orchestra and choir of Lyon. On track she sings duet with mezzo-soprano Karine Deshayes.

Angela Gheorghiu – Diva (2004)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at March 20, 2023
Angela Gheorghiu – Diva (2004)

Angela Gheorghiu – Diva (2004)
EAC | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:06:53 | 350 MB
Genre: Classical, Vocal | Label: EMI Classics | Catalog: 57706

Diva is an entertaining and attractively packaged compilation of Angela Gheorghiu's EMI recordings made between 1996 and 2002. All of the selections have appeared on previous releases, but some of them only in the context of complete operas. As a one-disc snapshot of Gheorghiu's career so far, Diva does pretty well, and it would make a good first choice for anyone looking to get to know her work.
Ana Maria Martinez, Andrea Bocelli, Placido Domingo - Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut (2014)

Ana Maria Martinez, Andrea Bocelli, Placido Domingo - Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut (2014)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:58:10 | 558 / 271 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Decca, Universal Music GmbH

Puccini’s Manon Lescaut with Ana María Martínez, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Coro de la Generalitat Valenciana and conductor Plácido Domingo is the dark story of love, betrayal, jealousy and death. Manon calls for dramatic, forceful performances and gets the full treatment here in this new studio recording.
The story of the doomed heroine Manon Lescaut has inspired more than one composer, but is perhaps most passionately portrayed in Puccini’s opera, written just ten years after Massenet’s Manon. A grim story of love, betrayal, jealousy and death, it calls for dramatic, forceful performance, and gets the full treatment here in this new studio recording starring Andrea Bocelli.