While in graduate school, our young Unknown Tenor joined the famed Crittenden Opera Studio and performed two French opera scenes during the spring of 1995. These were his first public operatic performances (at least as a tenor). In this scene, the young Chevalier des Grieux first encounters Manon Lescaut, a girl destined for a convent, and instantly falls in love with her. The two make plans for a life together in Paris and run off. Unfortunately, no notes accompanied the cassette tape from which this live track was digitized, and so the names of the soprano and the accompanist are unknown.
While in graduate school, our young Unknown Tenor joined the famed Crittenden Opera Studio and performed two French opera scenes during the spring of 1995. These were his first public operatic performances (at least as a tenor).
In this scene, the young Chevalier des Grieux first encounters Manon Lescaut, a girl destined for a convent, and instantly falls in love with her. The two make plans for a life together in Paris and run off.
Unfortunately, no notes accompanied the cassette tape from which this live track was digitized, and so the names of the soprano and the accompanist are unknown.