MANON:Massenet
Rosenthal; Malfitano, Gulyás, Holloway
Original Air Date: 02/28/1987
SID.20100212
This was the first Met broadcast of Massenet’s Manon in almost a quarter century, and despite the authentic touches of Rosenthal and Senechal, the Ponnelle production and some casting was a dud. Gulyas who was a cover tenor when not performing in Khovanshchina had been called into duty when Neil Shicoff was suffering from pharyngitis. Several other tenors were pressed into debuts after the broadcast including Jerry Hadley and Gregory Kunde. Can we get the 1959 Manon with De Los Angeles and Gedda which has never been heard on Sirius.