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Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Pappano, Kaufmann, Opolais, Hulett [blu-ray]

Release Date: 01/08/2016
Label: Sony Catalog #: 510520
Composer:  Giacomo Puccini Performer:  Christopher Maltman ,  Benjamin Hulett ,  Kristine Opolais ,  Jonas Kaufmann  ...  Conductor:  Antonio Pappano Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra ,  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus Number of Discs: 1

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Filmed in June 2014, London’s Royal Opera House presented Jonathan Kent’s new production of Manon Lescaut. Starring superstar tenor Jonas Kaufmann along with Kristine Opolai?as and Benjamin Hulett, this modern update to the 19th century classic was conducted by renowned maestro Antonio Pappano.

“Exhibiting qualities from each of the Three Tenors — Pavarotti's gleaming tone, Carreras's good looks, Domingo's dramatic presence — Jonas Kaufmann is justifiably lauded as the outstanding tenor of our Read more day. In Jonathan Kent's new production of Puccini's Manon Lescaut he delivers a thrilling performance that satisfies both musically and theatrically.” - LONDON EVENING STANDARD

“From the moment Kaufmann and Opolai?s embark – with infinite delicacy - on their emotional journey, it becomes clear that this is a vocal marriage made in heaven. His warmly burnished sound is balanced by the exquisitely-nuanced purity of hers, and they are supported by a performance in the pit, under Antonio Pappano, of rare refinement.” - THE INDEPENDENT

“Antonio Pappano has few peers today as a Puccini conductor, and gives the score a tremendous sense of vivid theatricality” - THE GUARDIAN Read less