Zeani & Domingo - the best ending of Manon Lescaut

Romanian soprano Virginia Zeani and Placido Domingo sing one of the most moving endings I have ever heard of Puccini's "Manon Lescaut" - recorded live at Teatro Liceu, Barcelona in 1971.

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Music

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• manon
• lescaut
• sola
• perduta
• abandonata
• puccini
• zeani
• domingo
• virginia
• placido
• des
• grieux

[basenjidiva]

Absolutely riveting performance;the anima sent chills up and down my spine. Bravi!!!

[placido1967]

bravissimi grandi interpreti pucciniani.

[delosreyesgavikanes]

No question, Mdme. Zeani was a great soprano when the market was full of great divas: Callas, Tebaldi, Carteri, Kirsten, de los Angeles to mention few, but most likely she was not at her prime vocally in this performance, so she was intelligent enough and used her abilities as an actress and great phrasing, and Mr. Domingo had to react the same way, but i agree, it was a little too much from both

[CurzonRoad]

@cantorandopera

Yes, real verismo. Thank you mekarts2 for posting, and thank you Rowna@cantorandopera for sharing.

[cantorandopera]

WOWZER!

[distefano13069609]

Zeani explained that after the curtain fall, Domingo and her fell in tears, crying like babies just because it was such a dramatic moment for both of them, one of the rare moments where an artist is the victim of his/her art... BRAVI!!!

[corellithebest]

All the suffering and utter despair of Manon's character pours out of her very voice, which resonates as if filled with bitter tears. And of course, Domingo sings with such deep emotion. Zeani and Domngo both make for an utterly convincing portrayal of their characters, both vocally and dramatically!

[AfroPoli]

THAT is real verismo. Bravi!

[TreblesBasses]

LOVE it!!!

[jhb134]

Domingo is fine, but, IMO, not too-distinguished; Bjorling was the master, here. ... Zeani, though, is extraordinary ... up-and-down the difficult scales of the soprano part, as it builds to a conclusion. If anyone can name a better soprano, in dramatic sense AND the vocal abilities to ACHIEVE the ends of a very-fine means, then would like to know about it.

[AlberichNibelungo]

La soprano excesivamente llorona, para mi gusto. Demasiados gemidos, golpes de glotis y sonidos abiertos. Domingo algo pasado, también, en sus muestras de dolor. Una versión en exceso lacrimógena, me temo.

[valstol]

Thanks for posting it, i'm addicted to this music, I find it wonderful and dramatic everytime I listen to it.