COMPOSERS: Massenet
LABELS: EMI
WORKS: Manon
PERFORMER: Gheorghiu, Alagna, Patriarco; Monnaie Chorus & SO/Antonio Pappano
CATALOGUE NO: EMI 456 3892
Gheorghiu’s Manon is sweetly innocent and teasingly sexy. Alagna as Des Grieux may not be the vocal equal, but Pappano digs deep into Massenet’s magnificent score. Christopher Cook