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MASSENET: Manon (los Angeles, Legay, Monteux) (1955)
Made in Paris in the acoustically perfect Palais de la Mutualité, this classic 1955 recording under the great Pierre Monteux features Victoria de los Angeles as Manon, supported by a fine cast from the Théâtre National de l’Opéra- Comique (René Herent had first sung the rôle of de Morfontaine with the Company as early as 1918).‘Victoria de los Angeles [is] an enchanting Manon, whose voice has enough personality on record for those who saw her on stage to recapture those live performances… Pierre Monteux had the music in his bones and here dispenses it with authority and spirit’. (Alan Blyth, Opera on Record)
Tracklist
Meilhac, Henri - Lyricist
Gille, Philippe - Lyricist
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vieuille, Jean (baritone)
Berton, Liliane (soprano)
Notti, Raymonde (soprano)
Herent, Rene (tenor)
Dens, Michel (baritone)
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
Paris Opéra-Comique Chorus (Choir)
Legay, Henri (tenor)
Serres, Marthe (soprano)
Borthayre, Jean (bass)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
Berton, Liliane (soprano)
Notti, Raymonde (soprano)
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
Herent, Rene (tenor)
Herent, Rene (tenor)
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
Berton, Liliane (soprano)
Notti, Raymonde (soprano)
| 5 | Act I: Entendez-vous la choche (Townspeople, Lescaut, Guards, Travelers, Porter, Postilion, Manon) | 03:54 |
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
Paris Opéra-Comique Chorus (Choir)
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
| 8 | Act I: Hotelier de malheur! il est donc entendu (Guillot, Manon, De Bretigny, Poussette, Javotte, Rosette) | 02:43 |
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
Herent, Rene (tenor)
Berton, Liliane (soprano)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dens, Michel (baritone)
Paris Opéra-Comique Chorus (Choir)
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
Legay, Henri (tenor)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
| 13 | Act I: Nous vivrons a Paris tous les deux (Des Grieux, Manon, Poussette, Javotte, Rosette, Lescaut) | 02:53 |
Legay, Henri (tenor)
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
Berton, Liliane (soprano)
Notti, Raymonde (soprano)
Legay, Henri (tenor)
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vieuille, Jean (baritone)
Legay, Henri (tenor)
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
Legay, Henri (tenor)
Dens, Michel (baritone)
Vieuille, Jean (baritone)
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
Legay, Henri (tenor)
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
| 2 | Act III Scene 1: Voyez! mules a fleurettes (Vendors, Chorus, Poussette, Javotte, Rosette, Lescaut) | 04:11 |
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
Berton, Liliane (soprano)
Notti, Raymonde (soprano)
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
Serres, Marthe (soprano)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
Herent, Rene (tenor)
Notti, Raymonde (soprano)
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
Berton, Liliane (soprano)
| 4 | Act III Scene 1: Voici les elegantes! (Chorus, Strollers, Women Vendors, De Bretigny, Manon, Gentlemen) | 02:18 |
Paris Opéra-Comique Chorus (Choir)
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
| 7 | Act III Scene 1: Et maintenant restez seul un instant (Manon, De Bretigny, Chorus, Vendor, Count) | 02:09 |
Paris Opéra-Comique Chorus (Choir)
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
Borthayre, Jean (bass)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
Vieuille, Jean (baritone)
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
| 9 | Act III Scene 1: Repondez-moi, Guillot!… L'Opera! Voici l'Opera! (De Bretigny, Guillot, Manon, Lescaut, Nobles, Townspeople) | 03:22 |
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
Herent, Rene (tenor)
Vieuille, Jean (baritone)
Paris Opéra-Comique Chorus (Choir)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
Dens, Michel (baritone)
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
Herent, Rene (tenor)
Paris Opéra-Comique Chorus (Choir)
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
Borthayre, Jean (bass)
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
Legay, Henri (tenor)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
Legay, Henri (tenor)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
Legay, Henri (tenor)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
Dens, Michel (baritone)
Paris Opéra-Comique Chorus (Choir)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
| 19 | Act IV: Mais, qui donc nous arrive… Manon, sphinx etonnant (Guillot, Poussette, Javotte, Rosette, Des Grieux, Lescaut, Croupiers, Manon) | 05:48 |
Notti, Raymonde (soprano)
Paris Opéra-Comique Chorus (Choir)
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
Herent, Rene (tenor)
Berton, Liliane (soprano)
| 20 | Act IV: Un mot, s'il vous plait, chevalier! (Guillot, Javotte, Poussette, Des Grieux, Rosette, Lescaut, Manon, Chorus) | 03:13 |
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
Paris Opéra-Comique Chorus (Choir)
Herent, Rene (tenor)
Berton, Liliane (soprano)
Notti, Raymonde (soprano)
| 21 | Act IV: Au jeu! Au jeu! (Gamblers, Lescaut, Guillot, Des Grieux, Manon, Poussette, Javotte, Chorus, Gamblers, a Voice, Count) | 04:52 |
Legay, Henri (tenor)
Paris Opéra-Comique Chorus (Choir)
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
Herent, Rene (tenor)
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
Legay, Henri (tenor)
Paris Opéra-Comique Chorus (Choir)
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
Dens, Michel (baritone)
Legay, Henri (tenor)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
Legay, Henri (tenor)
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
Legay, Henri (tenor)
Monteux, Pierre (Conductor)
Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra (Orchestra)
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel - Lyricist
Sarrazin, Gabriel - Lyricist
Munch, Charles (Conductor)
Boston Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Varvakis, Pantelis (contralto)
Radcliffe Choral Society (Choir)
Munch, Charles (Conductor)
Boston Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Varvakis, Pantelis (contralto)
Radcliffe Choral Society (Choir)
Gautier, Théophile - Lyricist
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
Munch, Charles (Conductor)
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
Munch, Charles (Conductor)
Munch, Charles (Conductor)
Boston Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Boston Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
Boston Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
Boston Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
Boston Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)





























