Manon

Massenet & Berlioz - Le Portrait de Manon - Les Nuits d' Ete (2013) {Opera Rara}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 325 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 182 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (png) -> 363 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 2013 Opera Rara | ORC47
Classical / Opera

This release features a double bill of Massenet's Le Portrait de Manon and Berlioz's song cycle Les nuits d'ete, recorded from live staged performances at the Royal Opera House with artists from the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme and the Southbank Sinfonia led by Geoffrey Paterson and Volker Krafft. This is the first time the composers Massenet and Berlioz have appeared as part of the Opera Rara catalogue. The single-disc set comes with a lavishly illustrated book, including a complete libretto for Le Portrait de Manon and song translations for Les nuits d'ete, as well as detailed notes on both pieces written by the eminent musicologist Hugh Macdonald.

Jules Massenet - Manon
Anna Netrebko / Rolando Villazón / Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim
MPEG-4 AVC, 1080p, 1.78:1 | DTS-HD 5.1, PCM 5.1 & PCM 2.0 @ 24Bit/48kHz | Full Artwork
Label/Cat#: Deutsche Grammophon # 00440 073 4477 GH | Country/Year: Germany 2008
Genre: Classical | Style: Opera, HiDef | 5% Recovery Info

Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón, and Jules Massenet’s Manon would seem to be a match made in heaven. (…) The spectacular and ultra-colorful Paterson production looks great on Blu-ray, and all of his artful choreography, sets, and costumes contribute to keeping Massenet’s very long score alive. Audio formats are PCM stereo and PCM and DTS 5.1 surround sound. The surround options contain a slightly larger than usual contribution from the rear speakers that totally immerses you in the listening experience in high-resolution sound. Needless to say, Blu-ray offers visual splendors that are not wasted in this production. (…) Very highly recommended!