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CD92772 Manon - audio 1966 with Freni and Garaventa with corrected d
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CD92772 Manon - audio 1966 with Freni and Garaventa with corrected d
Here is an audio only from the recently uploaded Manon video with Freni and Garaventa.
My conjectures on the date of the performance in the original post were incorrect. Garaventa made his debut as a tenor only in 1965 and the Teatro Communale in Modena has confirmed 1966 as the year of the performance. So much for all my logic! I am removing the original post.
The orchestral prelude and the final 50 seconds have been patched in from the 1969 La Scala performance, also with Freni and Peter Maag conducting. The prelude splice has a glitch due to a cut in Modena which was not taken in Milan--it passes quickly. This repair would not have been necessary if I had waited for the missing .005 file, which I did not know was coming, but everything else was in fine condition so I will not redo it. Once past the very poor chorus this is a wonderful performance in excellent sound for the era.
Jules Massenet MANON (sung in Italian)
Manon - Mirella Freni Des Grieux - Ottavio Garaventa Lescaut - Renato Bruson Il Conte de Grieux - Federico Davia Guillot - Mario Carlin Bretigny - Andrea Mineo Una fante - Carla Lodesani
Orchestra e Coro dei Tearri Emiliani Associati maestro del coro: Giampaolo Dondi conducted by PETER MAAG
Teatro Communale, Modena RAI Registrazione del 1966
The audio files were extracted from the video as wav files, the level brought up somewhat with Goldwave; burned cds were then ripped at VBR-0 224-320 kbps with cue sheets.
Here is an audio only from the recently uploaded Manon video with Freni and Garaventa.
My conjectures on the date of the performance in the original post were incorrect. Garaventa made his debut as a tenor only in 1965 and the Teatro Communale in Modena has confirmed 1966 as the year of the performance. So much for all my logic! I am removing the original post.
The orchestral prelude and the final 50 seconds have been patched in from the 1969 La Scala performance, also with Freni and Peter Maag conducting. The prelude splice has a glitch due to a cut in Modena which was not taken in Milan--it passes quickly. This repair would not have been necessary if I had waited for the missing .005 file, which I did not know was coming, but everything else was in fine condition so I will not redo it. Once past the very poor chorus this is a wonderful performance in excellent sound for the era.
Jules Massenet MANON (sung in Italian)
Manon - Mirella Freni Des Grieux - Ottavio Garaventa Lescaut - Renato Bruson Il Conte de Grieux - Federico Davia Guillot - Mario Carlin Bretigny - Andrea Mineo Una fante - Carla Lodesani
Orchestra e Coro dei Tearri Emiliani Associati maestro del coro: Giampaolo Dondi conducted by PETER MAAG
Teatro Communale, Modena RAI Registrazione del 1966
The audio files were extracted from the video as wav files, the level brought up somewhat with Goldwave; burned cds were then ripped at VBR-0 224-320 kbps with cue sheets.
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