Puccini - Manon Lescaut

Mirella Freni, Placido Domingo, Renato Bruson, Robert Gambill Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli

Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Giulio Fioraventi, Dino Formachini La Scala Milan Chorus & Orchestra, Tullio Serafin

Licia Albanese (Manon Lescaut), Jussi Björling (Des Grieux), Robert Merrill (Lescaut), Franco Calabrese (Geronte/Un sergente degli arcieri), Mario Carlin (Edmondo/Il maestro di ballo/Lampionaio), Anna Maria Rota (Una voce sola), Plinio Clabassi (L'oste/Un comandante di Marina) Rome Opera House Orchestra and Chorus, Jonel Perlea

Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Jonas Kaufmann (Des Grieux), Kristine Opolais (Manon Lescaut), Christopher Maltman (Lescaut), Maurizio Muraro (Gerontes) & Benjamin Hulett (Edmondo), Jonas Kaufmann (Dick Johnson), Nina Stemme (Minnie), Tomasz Konieczny (Jack Rance), Kristine Opolais (soprano) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Royal Opera House Chorus, Orchester & Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano (conductor) & Jonathan Kent (director), Franz Welser-Most

Maria Callas (Manon), Giuseppe Di Stefano (Des Grieux), Giulio Fioravanti (Lescaut) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin

Dorothy Kirsten (Manon Lescaut), Mario Sereni (Lescaut), Carlo Bergonzi (Des Grieux), Salvatore Baccaloni (Geronte), Charles Anthony (Edmondo), George Cehanovsky (L'oste), Alessio De Paolis, Joan Wall, Calvin Marsh, Robert Nagy, Louis Sgarro Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Fausto Cleva

Erzsebet Hazy (Manon Lescaut), Gyorgy Melis (Lescaut), Robert Ilosfalvy (Des Grieux), Oszkar Maleczky (Geronte), Sandor Palcso (Edmondo), Miklos Petri (L'oste), Arpad Kishegyi (Il maestro di ballo), Erzsebet Komlossy (Una voce sola), Bela Turpinszky (Un sergente degli arcieri), Tibor Kelen (Lampionaio), Sandor Meszaros (Un comandante di Marina) Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Lamberto Gardelli

Luba Orgonasova (soprano), Jonathan Welch (tenor), Miriam Gauci (soprano), Thomas Harper (tenor), Giorgio Lamberti (tenor), Kaludi Kaludov (tenor), Lando Bartolini (tenor), Felipe Bou (bass), Masako Deguci (soprano), Armando Ariostini (baritone), Javier Mas (tenor), Vicenc Esteve (tenor), Ivan Urbas (bass), Jiri Sulzenko (bass), Carmen Gonzales (soprano), Boaz Senator (baritone), Fabio Previati (baritone), Nelly Boschkowa (mezzo-soprano), Yordy Ramiro (tenor), Nelly Miricioiu (soprano), Silvano Carroli (baritone), Jozef Spacek (baritone), Miroslav Dvorsky (tenor), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra, Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra, Bilbao Choral Society, Will Humburg, Alexander Rahbari, Michael Halász, Ondrej Lenárd

Miriam Gauci (soprano), Kaludi Kaludov (tenor), Henk Lauwers (bass), Vincente Sardinero (baritone) Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra, BRT Philharmonic Chorus, Alexander Rahbari

Kiri Te Kanawa (Manon Lescaut), Jose Carreras (Des Grieux), Giuseppe Taddei, Paolo Coni (Lescaut), William Matteuzzi (Edmondo), Italo Tajo (Geronte), Margarita Zimmermann (Madrigal Singer) Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly

Olivero/Tucker/Sardinero

Licia Albanese (Manon Lescaut), Jussi Björling (Des Grieux), Robert Merrill (Lescaut), Franco Calabrese (Geronte), Mario Carlin (Edmondo) Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Jonel Perlea

Maria Callas (Manon Lescaut), Giuseppe di Stefano (Des Grieux), Giulio Fioravanti (Lescaut), Franco Calabrese (Geronte), Dino Formichini (Edmondo), Fiorenza Cossotto (Madrigal singer) Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, Tullio Serafin

Maria Callas (soprano), Carlo Forti (bass), Dino Formichini (tenor), Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), Franco Calabrese (bass), Giulio Fioravanti (baritone), Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo-soprano), Vito Tatone (tenor), Giuseppe Morresi (bass), Franco Ricciardi (tenor), Franco Ventriglia (bass), Teatro alla Scala, Tullio Serafin

Hilde Vadura (Manon), Waldemar Kmentt (Chevalier), Eberhard Wächter (Lescaut), Walter Berry (Geronte), Hugo Meyer-Welfing (Edmondo) Viennese Radio, Robert Heger

Placido Domingo (Des Grieux), Magda Olivero (Manon Lescaut), Giulio Fioravanti (Lescaut), Alfredo Mariotti (Geronte), Ermanno Lorenzi (Edmondo), Rina Pallini (Una voce sola), Franco Federici (L'oste), Franco Ricciardi (Il maestro di ballo), Gianfranco Casarini (Un sergente degli arcieri), Ottorino Begali (Lampionaio), Carlo Del Bosco (Un comandante di Marina) Orchestra and Chorus of Verona Arena, Nello Santi

Ilona Tokody (Manon Lescaut), Peter Kelen (Des Grieux), Lajos Miller (Lescaut) Rico Saccani

Licia Albanese (Manon Lescaut), Jussi Björling (Des Grieux), Robert Merrill (Lescaut), Franco Calabrese (Geronte), Mario Carlin (Edmondo) Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Jonel Perlea

Anna Netrebko (Manon Lescaut), Yusif Eyvazov (Des Grieux), Armando Piña (Lescaut), Carlos Chausson (Geronte), Benjamin Bernheim (Edmondo) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Marco Armiliato

Renata Tebaldi (Manon Lescaut), Richard Tucker (Des Grieux), Frank Guarrera (Lescaut), Fernando Corena (Geronte de Ravoir), Charles Anthony (Edmondo) Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Fausto Cleva

Jose Cura (Des Grieux), Maria Guleghina (Manon Lescaut), Lucio Gallo (Lescaut), Luigi Roni (Geronte), Marco Berti (Edmondo), Gloria Banditelli (Una voce sola) Milan La Scala Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

Anny Schlemm (Manon), Hans Hopf (Des Grieux), Karl Wolfram (Lescaut), Herbert Bartel (Geronte), Peter Offermans (Edmondo) Cologne Radio, Otto Ackermann

Placido Domingo, Robert Lloyd, Delia Wallis, Robert Tear, Ian Partridge, Noel Mangin, Gwynne Howell, Bernard Dickerson, Montserrat Caballe, Richard Van Allan, Vicente Sardinero New Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Bruno Bartoletti

Floriana Cavalli (Manon), Carlo Bergonzi (Des Grieux), Giuseppe Valdengo (Lescaut), Mariano Caruso (Edmondo) Gabriele Santini

Andrea Bocelli (Des Grieux), Ana María Martínez (Manon Lescaut), Matthew Pena (Edmondo), Javier Arrey (Lescaut) Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Plácido Domingo

Mirella Freni (Manon Lescaut), Plácido Domingo (Des Grieux), Renato Bruson (Lescaut), Kurt Rydl (Geronte), Robert Gambill (Edmondo), Brigitte Fassbaender (Una voce sola), John Tomlinson (Un comandante di Marina) Philharmonia Orchestra, Covent Garden Chorus, Giuseppe Sinopoli

Renata Tebaldi (Manon Lescaut), Mario Del Monaco (Des Grieux), Mario Borriello (Lescaut), Fernando Corena (Geronte), Piero De Palma (Edmondo), Luisa Ribacchi (Una voce sola), Antonio Sacchetti (L'oste), Adelio Zagonora (Il maestro di ballo), Antonio Sacchetti (Un sergente degli arcieri), Angelo Mercuriali (Lampionaio), Dario Caselli (Un comandante di Marina) Coro & Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Franceso Molinari Pradelli

Montserrat Caballé (Manon Lescaut), Plácido Domingo (Chevalier Des Grieux), Noel Mangin (Geronte de Ravoir), Vicente Sardinero (Lescaut), Robert Tear (Edmondo), Richard Van Allan (The Innkeeper), Bernard Dickerson (The Dancing Master), Delia Wallis (A Singer), Robert Lloyd (Sargeant of the Royal Archers), Ian Partridge (A Lamplighter) & Gwynne Howell (A Naval Captain) Ambrosian Opera Chorus & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Bruno Bartoletti

Virginia Zeani (Manon Lescaut), Flaviano Labò (Des Grieux), Alberto Rinaldi (Lescaut) Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Municipale di Piacenza, Umberto Cattini

Magda Olivero (Manon Lescaut), Placido Domingo (Des Grieux), Giulio Fioravanti (Lescaut), Alfredo Mariotti (Geronte), Ermanno Lorenzi (Edmondo) Verona Arena, Nello Santi

Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Giulio Fioravanti, Franco Calabrese, Dino Formichini & Dino Formichini Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin

Licia Albanese (Manon Lescaut), Frank Guarrera (Lescaut), Jussi Björling (Des Grieux), Fernando Corena (Geronte), Thomas Hayward (Edmondo), George Cehanovsky, Rosalind Elias & James McCracken Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Dimitri Mitropoulos

Lucienne van Deyck, Miriam Gauci and more Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra, BRT Philharmonic Chorus, Jaak Gregoor Choir, Alexander Rahbari

Mirella Freni (Manon Lescaut), Luciano Pavarotti (Des Grieux), Dwayne Croft (Lescaut), Giuseppe Taddei (Geronte), Ramon Vargas (Edmondo), Cecilia Bartoli (Una voce sola) Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, James Levine

Salvatore Baccaloni, Jussi Bjorling, Dorothy Kirsten, Giuseppe Valdengo New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Giuseppe Antonicelli

Beniamino Gigli (tenor), Maria Caniglia (soprano), Armando Borgioli (baritone), Maria Callas (soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Anna Maria Rota (mezzo-soprano), Giacinto Prandelli (tenor), Giovanni Inghilleri (baritone), Raphael Arie (bass), Miriam Gauci (soprano), Jussi Bjorling (tenor), Licia Albanese (soprano), Robert Merrill (baritone), Franco Calabrese (bass), Mario Carlin (tenor), Enrico Campi (bass), Fernando Corena (baritone), Victoria De los Angeles (soprano), John Reardon (baritone), Giorgio Tozzi (bass), Lucine Amara (soprano), Leonard Warren (baritone), Giuseppe Di Stefano (tenor), Nicola Moscona (bass), George Cehanovsky (baritone), Patrice Munsel (soprano), Nino Mazziotti (baritone), Nelly Miricioiu (soprano), Gino Conti (bass), Mario Borriello (baritone), Luba Orgonasova (soprano), Alberto Rinaldi (baritone), Tatiana Lisnic (soprano), Stefano Secco (tenor), Francesco Merli (tenor), Gina Cigna (soprano), Armando Giannotti (tenor), Aureliano Pertile (tenor) Milan La Scala Orchestra, Roman Opera Orchestra, Hungarian Opera Chorus, Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, Roman Opera Choir, Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra, Rome, Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra, CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava, Oliviero De Fabritiis, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Jonel Perlea, Alberto Erede, Alexander Rahbari, Ondrej Lenard, Thomas Beecham, Renato Cellini, Herbert von Karajan, Will Humburg, Tullio Serafin, Franco Ghione, Will Humbug

Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Montserrat Caballe (soprano), Maria Callas (soprano), Mirella Freni (soprano), Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Renata Scotto (soprano), Roberto Alagna (tenor), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Jose Carreras (tenor), Jose Cura (tenor), Placido Domingo (tenor), Tito Gobbi (baritone), Hermann Prey (baritone), Vicente Sardinero (baritone), London Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala Milan, Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Philharmonia Orchestra, John Barbirolli, Bruno Bartoletti, Vincenzo Bellezza, James Conlon, Alain Lombard, Antonio Pappano, Georges Pretre, Lovro von Matacic, Gabriele Santini, Claudio Scimone, Tullio Serafin

Jonas Kaufmann (Des Grieux), Kristine Opolais (Manon Lescaut), Christopher Maltman (Lescaut), Maurizio Muraro (Gerontes) & Benjamin Hulett (Edmondo) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Royal Opera House Chorus, Antonio Pappano (conductor) & Jonathan Kent (director)

Astrid Weber, Heiko Trinsinger, Zurab Zurabishvili & Kouta Räsänen Robert Schumann Philharmonie, Golo Berg (conductor) & Ansgar Weigner (director)

Liudmyla Monastyrska (Manon Lescaut), David Bizic (Lescaut), Gregory Kunde (Des Grieux), Carlos Chausson (Geronte), Mikeldi Atxalandabaso (Edmondo), Symphony Orchestra & Chorus of the Gran Teatre Del Liceu, Davide Livermore, Emmanuel Villaume

Plácido Domingo (Chevalier), Thomas Allen (Lescaut), Kiri Te Kanawa (Manon Lescaut), Royal Opera House, Giuseppe Sinopoli

Liudmyla Monastyrska (Manon Lescaut), David Bizic (Lescaut), Gregory Kunde (Des Grieux), Carlos Chausson (Geronte), Mikeldi Atxalandabaso (Edmondo), Symphony Orchestra & Chorus of the Gran Teatre Del Liceu, Davide Livermore, Emmanuel Villaume

Jussi Björling (tenor), Licia Albanese (Manon), Jussi Björling (Des Grieux), Frank Guarrera (Lescaut), Fernando Corena (Geronte), Thomas Hayward (Edmondo), George Cehanovsky (Innkeeper), James McCracken (Lamplighter), Bidú Sayão (Mimi), Jussi Björling (Rodolfo), Mimi Benzell (Musetta), Frank Valentino (Marcello), George Cehanovsky (Schaunard), Nicola Moscona (Colline), Salvatore Baccaloni (Benoit/Alcindoro), Anthony Marlowe (Parpignol) Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Giuseppe Antonicelli, Dimitri Mitropoulos

Placido Domingo (tenor)

Renata Tebaldi, Mario Del Monaco, Mario Boriello, Fernando Corena & Piero de Palma, Carlo Bergonzi, Gianna d'Angelo, e Bastianini, to Cesari, Cesare Siepi, George London, Silvio Maionica & Fernando Corena, Goro Angelo Mercuriali, Fiorenza Cossotto & Enzo Sordello, Cornell Macneil, Piero di Palma & Silvio Maionica, Inge Borkh, Bicola Zaccaria, Fernando Corena, Mario Carlin, Renato Ercolani, Gaetano Fanelli & Ezio Giordano, Robert Merrill, Giulietta Simionato & Fernando Corena Orchestra e coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma, Orchestra e coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Tullio Serafin, Franco Capuana, Alberto Erede, Lamberto Gardelli

Maria Callas (soprano)