Preparing for this Manon Lescaut production at the MET, I accidentally discovered that Decca released a Manon Lescaut recording in 2014 with none other than Andrea Bocelli as Des Grieux, conducted by Placido Domingo... wtf? I thought we were past the Bocelli recordings but then here comes Domingo, an important (ex)tenor and agrees to conduct such a fake pairing. Ana Maria Martinez is Manon. Has anyone listened to this recording? I found samples on youtube and Bocelli is doing his usual light singing I don't think would work in an opera house. 

Takis

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