Giacomo Puccini
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Opera `Manon Lescaut` (arias)
Arthuro Toscanini (conductor), Mafalda Favero (soprano) , Orchestra Teatro alla Scala (Milano)
Intermezzo and 3rd act. May 11, 1946. Mafalda Favero (Manon), Giovanni Malipiero (Des Grieux), Mariano Stabile (Lescaut), Giuseppe Nessi (Lamplighter?), Carlo Forti (Sergeant?), ? (Captain of the ship). - Unfortunately, the performers are named in my entry, but their parts are not indicated. - This is the 10th concert at the post-war opening of the La Scala Theater. Chorus of the theater. (The 9th issue was Verdi`s Te Deum, the 11th and last was the Prologue to Boito`s Mephistopheles.)
Jules Massenet
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Opera `Manon` (1884, arias)
Antonio Guarnieri (conductor), Mafalda Favero (soprano), Giuseppe Di Stefano (tenor), Cesare Siepi (bass)
Fragments of the play La Scala (49 min.) on March 15 and 18, 1947. Dir. Antonio Guarnieri. Mafalda Favero (Manon), Giuseppe di Stefano (Chevalier Des Grieux), Cesare Ciepi (Count Des Grieux), Mario Borrielo (Lescaut). - The full recording does not exist or has not been published. In ITALIAN. language.
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