PUCCINI MANON LESCAUT HIGHLIGHTS CINCINATTI 1959

The source for this upload has multiple issues, principally a section between 35 mins and 43 mins, which sadly includes the great Act 2 Duet, where the artists sound like they are performing at the bottom of a swimming pool and occasionally surfacing for air...

Manon Lescaut Mija Novich
Lescaut Mario Bertolino
Des Grieux Giuseppe di Stefano
Geronte Carl Palangi
Edmondo Tom Hageman
L'Oste Arthur Newman
Un musico Unknown
Il Maestro di Ballo Tom Hageman
Un lampionaio Dieffenwierth
Un sergente degli arcieri Guido Pasella
Il comandante marina Ronald Combs

Zoo Opera Pavilion, Cincinatti July 1959

Conductor Alberto Zedda

Image: Giuseppe di Stefano

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