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主持人：Lo King Man 盧景文
Each week, tenor Mr. Alex Tam (first Sunday of the month) and veteran opera producer Prof. Lo King-man (rest Sundays of the month) will present you with an opera of their choice. Enjoy!!
每星期，男高音譚天樂先生 ( 每月首星期日 ) 和資深歌劇監製盧景文教授 ( 餘下星期日 ) ，為你精選一套歌劇精品！
MASSENET
Manon 150’
Manon Lescaut: Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
Le Chevalier des Grieux: Henri Legay (tenor)
Lescaut: Michel Dens (baritone)
Chœurs et Orchestre du Théâtre national de l’Opéra Comique / Pierre Monteux (conductor)
馬斯奈
《曼儂》 150’
曼儂：狄羅斯安卓利斯（女高音）
騎士狄基奧：萊佳（男高音）
雷斯高：丹斯（男中音）
巴黎國家喜歌劇院樂團及合唱團 / 蒙杜（指揮）
Jules Massenet's music is set to a text by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille based on Abbe Prévost's novel, 'The Story of Chevaliere des Grieux and Manon Lescaut'. The two young lovers elope to Paris, where Manon succumbs to the temptation of luxurious living as mistress to a rich nobleman. Finally arrested and condemned to deportation, Manon dies on the road to Le Havre in the arms of her beloved chevaliere.
The title role is performed by Spanish soprano Victoria de los Angeles. Des Grieux is sung by French tenor Henri Legay. Pierre Monteux conducts the Chorus and Orchestra of l'Opéra Comique de Paris.
主持人：Lo King Man 盧景文
Siegmund: Gary Lakes (t)
Brünnhilde: Hildegard Behrens (s)
Sieglinde: Jessye Norman (s)
Hunding: Kurt Moll (b)
Wotan: James Morris (b-br)
The Metropolitan Opera Orch. / James Levine
齊格蒙特：力斯（男高音）
布恩曉特：比倫士（女高音）
齊格蓮特：諾曼（女高音）
康定：摩爾（男低音）
沃坦：莫利斯（低男中音）
大都會歌劇院樂團 / 利雲
In 1848, Richard Wagner completed a libretto for an opera intended to be called The Death of Siegfried. He found it necessary to go back to tell the story of Siegfried’s life, then further back to his origins, and finally to the overall context of the gods in Valhalla. Thus, he created four full-scale music dramas, with the first two, Das Rheingold and Die Walküre, produced independently in Munich in 1869 and 1870 respectively. The entire cycle was first staged in Wagner’s own festival theatre at Bayreuth in 1876.
Following Das Rheingold, which Wagner described as the preliminary evening of the four-day festival, the first opera proper of the cycle is Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), completed in 1865. The work is so long that Rupert has to present his chosen recording in two instalments over two Sunday afternoons.
Siegmund and Sieglinde are twin brother and sister who have been brought up separated from and unknown to each other. He liberates her from her cruel husband Hunding and impregnates her. This act infuriates Fricka, the Goddess of Marriage, who forces the leader of the gods, Wotan, to help Hunding kill Siegmund in combat. Wotan decides to punish his daughter Brünnhilde for aiding Siegmund and encloses her within a wall of magic fire where she will lie in a deep sleep until a fearless hero comes to wake her.
In our recording, the role of Siegmund is sung by tenor Gary Lakes, that of Brünnhilde by soprano Hildegard Behrens, Sieglinde by soprano Jessye Norman, Hunding by bass Kurt Moll, and Wotan by bass-baritone James Morris. The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra is conducted by its Artistic Director James Levine.
