choir [madrigale] Elizabeth Sikora
choir [madrigale] Elizabeth Stanford
choir [madrigale] Iris Saunders
choir [madrigale] Jean Tredaway
chorus master Nina Walker
composed by Giacomo Puccini
conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli
coordinator Claudia Hamann
engineer [recording] Klaus Hiemann
libretto by Domenico Oliva
libretto by Giulio Ricordi
libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa
libretto by Luigi Illica
libretto by Marco Praga
liner notes [english] Mosco Carner
liner notes [french] Silviane Falcinelli
liner notes [german] Jürgen Maehder
musical assistance Paul Wynne Griffiths
producer Günther Breest
recording supervisor Wolfgang Stengel
vocals [edmondo, studente] Robert Gambill
vocals [geronte di ravoir, tesoriere generale] Kurt Rydl
vocals [il cavaliere renato des grieux, studente] Placido Domingo
vocals [il maestro di ballo] John Fryatt
vocals [l'oste] George Macpherson
vocals [lescaut, sergente delle guardie del re] Renato Bruson
vocals [manon lescaut] Mirella Freni
vocals [sergente degli arcieri] Handel Thomas
vocals [un comandante di marina] John Tomlinson
vocals [un lampionaio] Mark Curtis
vocals [un musico (voce sola)] Brigitte Fassbaender
vocals [un sergente] Paschal Allen
Phonographic Copyright (p) Polydor International GmbH
Printed By Schwerdtle & Schantz
Printed By Neef
Made By PDO, Germany
Includes libretto booklet and card spacer.

Release originally came with x 2 foam pads often perished by now sometimes leading to pimpling on text face of discs.

Printed in West Germany by Neef, Wittingen. Made in West Germany.

The PDO, Germany credit dates this version 1986 or later.
Barcode: 028941389329
Label Code: LC 0173
SPARS Code: DDD
Price Code: G
H
2
Price Code: POL927
Rights Society: Public Domain (D.P.)
Matrix / Runout: 413 894-2 (CD1 face)
Matrix / Runout: 413 894-2 02 # BN MADE IN W.GERMANY BY PDO (CD1 etched)
Matrix / Runout: 413 895-2 (CD2 face)
Matrix / Runout: 413 895-2 01 # CE MADE IN W.GERMANY BY PDO (CD2 etched)