Voici les élégantes
Opera details:
Opera title: | Manon |
Composer: | Jules Massenet |
Language: | French |
Synopsis: | Manon Synopsis |
Libretto: | Manon Libretto |
Translation(s): | English Deutsch |
Recitative details:
Type: | recitative,choir |
Role(s): | Monsieur de Brétigny / Manon Lescaut / Merchants / Walkers |
Voice(s): | Baritone / Soprano |
Act: | 3.07 |
| Previous scene: | Bonjour Pousette ah ciel |
| Next scene: | Je marche sur tous les chemins |
Jules Massenet, Manon, excepts from the opera
Singer: Ileana CotrubasJules Massenet, Manon, excepts from the opera
1. Prelude
2. Prelude Act 2
3. Entracte – Menuet
4. C’est fête au Cours-la-Reine
5. Voici les elegantes
6. Gavotte: Obéissons quand leur voix appelle
Manon: Ileana Cotrubas, soprano
De Brétigny, Jean-Marie Frémeau, baritone
Choeur et Otchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
Michel Plasson, conductor
Watch videos with other singers performing Voici les élégantes:
1 - Ileana Cotrubas
1 - Angela Gheorghiu
6 - Nicolas Rivenq
1 - Renée Fleming
6 - Franck Ferrari
6 - Jean-Luc Chaignaud
1 - Liliane Berton
1 - Victoria de los Ángeles
6 - Jean Borthayre
6 - Jean Vieuille
6 - Michel Dens
1 - Teresa Stratas
1 - Victoria de los Ángeles
2 - Joan Wall
6 - George Cehanovsky
7 - Giorgio Tozzi
1 - Bidu Sayão
6 - John Brownlee
7 - Nicola Moscona
1 - Annick Massis
1 - Licia Albanese
6 - George Cehanovsky
6 - Martial Singher
7 - Jerome Hines
1 - Beverly Sills
6 - Michel Trempont
1 - Victoria de los Ángeles
6 - Jean Vieuille
Other videos of the same singers performing Voici les élégantes:
6 - Jean Vieuille
1 - Victoria de los Ángeles
1 - Bidu Sayão
6 - John Brownlee
7 - Nicola Moscona
1 - Beverly Sills
6 - Michel Trempont
1 - Beverly Sills
6 - Michel Trempont
1 - Licia Albanese
6 - Martial Singher
7 - Jerome Hines
1 - Beverly Sills
6 - Michel Trempont
Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
Rentrée des promeneurs et des marchands. Parmi eux, des élégantes et leurs escortes.LES PROMENEURS et LES MARCHANDS
Voici les élégantes!
Les belles indolentes!
Ma”tresses des cœurs
aux regards vainqueurs! etc.
Pendant ce temps, Brétigny s'est avancé avec quelques seigneurs de ses amis et a aidé Manon à descendre de sa chaise.
LES PROMENEURS
Quelle est cette princesse?
LES MARCHANDS
C'est au moins une duchesse!
aux promeneurs
Eh? Ne savez-vous pas son nom?
C'est Manon!
C'est la belle Manon!
LES PROMENEURS et LES MARCHANDS
Voici les élégantes!
Les belles indolentes!
Maîtresses des cœurs
aux regards vainqueurs! etc.
BRÉTIGNY
Ravissante Manon!
LES SEIGNEURS
Ravissante Manon!
MANON
Suis-je gentille ainsi?
BRÉTIGNY et LES SEIGNEURS
Adorable! Divine! Divine!
English Libretto or Translation:
The strollers and vendors return. In their midst are several fashionable ladies with their escorts.STROLLERS and VENDORS
Here come the fashionable ladies!
The beautiful, idle ladies!
Mistresses of so many hearts
with their conquering glances! etc.
Manon appears, accompanied by Brétigny and several young noblemen. He helps Manon down from her carriage.
STROLLERS
Who is that princess?
VENDORS
She's at least a duchess!
to the strollers
What? Don't you know her name?
That is Manon!
This is the beautiful Manon!
STROLLERS and VENDORS
Here come the fashionable ladies!
The beautiful, idle ladies!
Mistress of so many hearts,
with their conquering glances! etc.
BRÉTIGNY
The ravishing Manon!
YOUNG NOBLEMEN
The ravishing Manon!
MANON
Am I pretty like this?
BRÉTIGNY and YOUNG NOBLEMEN
Adorable! You're heavenly!
External links for Voici les élégantes
| Sheetmusic for recitative |  Sheetmusicplus.com |
| Sheetmusic for opera | Sheetmusicplus.com |
| MP3's for this recitative | on Amazon.com |
| DVD/CD's for this opera | on Amazon.com |
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