Puccini: Manon Lescaut

Callas catches the development of Manon’s character from naive acquisitiveness to desperation with unfailing insight. Di Stefano makes a worthy Des Grieux, and Serafin is the most reliable of Puccini conductors. Michael Tanner


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5

Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:35 pm

COMPOSERS: Puccini
LABELS: EMI
WORKS: Manon Lescaut
PERFORMER: Callas, Fioravanti, di Stefano; La Scala, Milan/Serafin
CATALOGUE NO: EMI 640 7542

Callas catches the development of Manon’s character from naive acquisitiveness to desperation with unfailing insight. Di Stefano makes a worthy Des Grieux, and Serafin is the most reliable of Puccini conductors. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.
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