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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780769775685
ISBN: 0769775683
Label: Kultur Video
Manufacturer: Kultur Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Kultur Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 18, 2003
Running Time: 129 minutes
Sales Rank: 26284
Studio: Kultur Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1984
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Editorial Review:
Description:
'Manon', wrote Puccini to his publisher Giulio Ricordi in 1889, 'is a heroine I believe in and therefore she cannot fail to win the heart of the public.' This turned out to be a truly prophetic statement since none of Puccini’s other world successes were received on their first nights as rapturously as Manon Lescaut. The popularity of Puccini’s great masterpiece has never waned and the highly acclaimed Götz Friedrich production at Covent Garden was hailed as an operatic milestone. Two of the world’s leading stars--Kiri Te Kanawa and Placido Domingo--head a strong cast conducted by the brilliant Italian conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli. Sung in Italian with English subtitles.
Amazon.com:
Placido Domingo and Kiri Te Kanawa were in top form vocally when thisperformance was recorded in 1984; Sinopoli's conducting is energeticand stylistically distinctive, and the staging strikes the proper notes ofelegance in the early scenes and pathos in the tragic conclusion.Thisis not the only good video recordingof Puccini's first masterpiece, butit ranks with the best.
Manon Lescaut is the story of a beautiful young woman who goes astrayen route to a convent and drifts into life of self-indulgence, sexual exploitation,and crime, leading to her death as a convict, a story full of operatic situations.It inspired two operas in the standard repertoire, Puccini's and Massenet'searlier Manon. Puccini took a big risk going mano a mano with Massenet, but it worked; he did not eclipse Massenet, but this work gave his career a majorboost. This production shows why it has captivated so many audiences.--Joe McLellan
Customer Reviews Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Manon Lescaut:torn between love and riches.
"Manon is a heroine I believe in and therefore she cannot fail to win the hearts of the public. A woman like Manon can have more than one lover."--Puccini.
Puccini's third opera Manon Lescaut (1893) was his first great success, and hints at his three great compositions to come: La Bohème (1896), Tosca (1900), and Madama Butterfly (1904). I experienced a live HD simulcast performance of Puccini's opera from The NYC Metropolitan Opera yesterday, with soprano Karita Mattila and tenor ... Read More
Rating:  - COMES TOGETHER AT THE END
Sinopoli's vibrant conducting and some wonderful singing make this a highly enjoyable production from pit to stage, but it's not without some weaknesses. Placido Domingo sings his heart out, although he loses his voice for a split second in Act One and sometimes he's a bit too strident. If Kiri Te Kanawa's German is poor, her Italian is even worse. She fails to keep up with Domingo in Act One, and throughout Acts Two and Three she's being fed her lines, which is clearly audible on headphones and ... Read More
Rating: - Sheer Delight!
This is a wonderful DVD. I just can't stop watching it. Domingo is consistently great throughout his career, but here in particular, he is outstanding. Domingo and Te Kanawa are perfect for the leading roles. They sing and act superbly. Sinopoli's conducting is original and powerful. Everytime I watch this DVD, I enjoy watching him conducting right before Act 3. I'm very happy that I bought it.
Rating: - Great in parts, not so in others
I found more black and white in this performance than most of the reviewers here. Acts 3 and 4 were glorious. Kiri te Kanawa and Domingo knock sparks off eachother on stage. Domingo lives the part and brings out the very best in Kiri who, for once, acts instead of looking at herself in the mirror. It seems that when Manon is reduced to rags, Kiri sheds her affectations and sings from the heart. Sinopoli's conducting is outstanding. He manages to make you listen to this potentially-hackneyed work ... Read More
Rating: - Great Opera
Manon Lescaut is one of those operas that has all the elements to be a classic. Beautiful music, poignant story and a tragic end. And of course, it is Puccini's! true that it is not his best one. But not because he was not done his best but because he was still walking towards his perfection in style that would achieve later with Tosca or Turandot.
The story based on a novel by I'Abbe Prevost, was a popular example of the moral novels of the XVIIIth. A young girl who in her way to the ... Read More
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