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Alberto Franchetti: Cristoforo Colombo
from: Koch Schwann (Germ.)
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Puccini: Manon Lescaut
from: Sony
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Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Guleghina, Cura, Gallo; Muti
: :Puccini struggled especially hard with the birth of Manon Lescaut, his first triumph, and--for all its flaws--his first real masterpiece. There's no question that the compassion he felt for the confused and ultimately doomed heroine of Abbé Prévost's 18th-century novel generated the kind of intensity he brought to Mimi or Tosca. Puccini's desire to surpass Massenet's famous version inspired him to break the mold and point to an excitingly new kind of music theater--even if he drove a whole bevy of librettists mad in the process and never solved the problem of the ...
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Rare Verismo
from: Michael Storrs Music
: :Puccini struggled especially hard with the birth of Manon Lescaut, his first triumph, and--for all its flaws--his first real masterpiece. There's no question that the compassion he felt for the confused and ultimately doomed heroine of Abbé Prévost's 18th-century novel generated the kind of intensity he brought to Mimi or Tosca. Puccini's desire to surpass Massenet's famous version inspired him to break the mold and point to an excitingly new kind of music theater--even if he drove a whole bevy of librettists mad in the process and never solved the problem of the ...
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Verdi: Ernani
from: Dynamic Italy
: :Puccini struggled especially hard with the birth of Manon Lescaut, his first triumph, and--for all its flaws--his first real masterpiece. There's no question that the compassion he felt for the confused and ultimately doomed heroine of Abbé Prévost's 18th-century novel generated the kind of intensity he brought to Mimi or Tosca. Puccini's desire to surpass Massenet's famous version inspired him to break the mold and point to an excitingly new kind of music theater--even if he drove a whole bevy of librettists mad in the process and never solved the problem of the ...
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Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor / Devia, Bros, Frontali, Colombara, Maggio Musicale, Mehta
: :Puccini struggled especially hard with the birth of Manon Lescaut, his first triumph, and--for all its flaws--his first real masterpiece. There's no question that the compassion he felt for the confused and ultimately doomed heroine of Abbé Prévost's 18th-century novel generated the kind of intensity he brought to Mimi or Tosca. Puccini's desire to surpass Massenet's famous version inspired him to break the mold and point to an excitingly new kind of music theater--even if he drove a whole bevy of librettists mad in the process and never solved the problem of the ...
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Ponchielli - Renzetti, Komlosi, Gruber, Berti, Mastromarino, Colombara, Fiorillo, Palmieri, Berti, (3 CD Set)
from: Dynamic
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Ponchielli: La Gioconda
from: Dynamic Italy
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Franchetti - Cristoforo Colombo / Bruson · Scandiuzzi · Ragatzu · Pasino · Berti · Viotti
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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
from: Serenissima
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