30 Sep 1999
Lucia
Members of an opera company performing Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" find their lives parallel those of the characters.
Manon Lescaut
TDK presents a recording of Puccini’s heart-breaking opera from one of the best opera houses of the world featuring star tenor José Cura and remarkable soprano Maria Guleghina as the two inseparable lovers. Riccardo Muti, music director of La Scala at the time of this performance, gives full weight to the alternation of social realism and private amatory psychology, of crowds and intimacy, body and spirit. And the director of this Milan production, the famous Italian film director Liliana Cavani, provides it with a realistic setting. Every scene looks like a genre painting, from which Puccini’s psychograms emerge musically. This forms the background for the two outstanding singer actors, who take the lead roles.
Top Billed Cast
Maria Guleghina Manon
José Cura Des Grieux
Lucio Gallo Lescaut
Luigi Roni Geronte
Marco Berti Edmondo
Orazio Mori L'oste
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