pronounce manon lescaut?

George O'Malley

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May 2, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/2/96

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It's been too many years since my higk school french

can anyone give me the correct phonetic pronunciation of Manon
Lescaut?
layko?
laysko?
lesko?
none of the above?

is the last n in Manon sounded?

thanks

Bart Thomas

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May 2, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/2/96

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Rhymes with "pants on, lets go!"

---> Bart

In article <4mb804$8...@park.interport.net>, om...@interport.net (George

Lis K. Froding

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May 3, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/3/96

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In <4mb804$8...@park.interport.net> om...@interport.net (George O'Malley)
writes:

>
>It's been too many years since my higk school french
>
>can anyone give me the correct phonetic pronunciation of Manon
>Lescaut?
>layko?
>laysko?
>lesko?
>none of the above?

lesKO!

>
>is the last n in Manon sounded?

No!

>
>thanks
>
>

a vous de meme

Lis, who's not French, but will gladly give pronunciation advice anyway

Stefan Pilczek

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May 3, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/3/96

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Lescaut is pronounced "lesko" and the final "n" of Manon is not heard,
the "on" being a nazal sound.

Hope this helps.

Salut!

Betty-anne Mcbey

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May 5, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/5/96

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Are you sure of the correct pronounciation? If I were to say it
in French, which I do speak, I would pronounce it:
Ma-no Lay-ko
However, I don't know how opera buffs pronounce it and whether
your pronounciation is an English style.

Richard Browne

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May 5, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/5/96

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An easy solution would be to listen to the actual Opera.The tenors famous aria
"Donna non vidi mai..." includes the line :-

Manon Lescaut mi chiamo
Come queste parole etc etc...

Every singer I have heard pronounces it ma-non less-ko.

End of discussion please :-)

Richard.

gaetan charlebois

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May 5, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/5/96

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In article <bartmon-0205...@p112.superlink.net>,
bar...@mars.superlink.net (Bart Thomas) wrote:

> Rhymes with "pants on, lets go!"
>
> ---> Bart
>
> In article <4mb804$8...@park.interport.net>, om...@interport.net (George
> O'Malley) wrote:
>

> > It's been too many years since my higk school french
> >
> > can anyone give me the correct phonetic pronunciation of Manon
> > Lescaut?
> > layko?
> > laysko?
> > lesko?
> > none of the above?
> >

> > is the last n in Manon sounded?
> >

> > thanks

Well, not quite. It's hard to do the first one but here goes:
Mah-non(very soft second "n" somewhere up in the sinuses);
Less-ko.

Cheers from a semi-Frog in Montreal.

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John J. Tomashek

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May 5, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/5/96

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In article <318CEA...@rbrowne.compulink.co.uk>, Richard Browne
<ric...@rbrowne.compulink.co.uk> wrote:

So, is it "turandoT," or "turandoH"?

JT

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John Tomashek
jjtom...@ucdavis.edu

Lis K. Froding

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May 5, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/5/96

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In <4mh1aa$8...@ccshst05.uoguelph.ca> bmc...@uoguelph.ca (Betty-anne

Mcbey) writes:
>
> Are you sure of the correct pronounciation? If I were to say it
>in French, which I do speak, I would pronounce it:
> Ma-no Lay-ko
> However, I don't know how opera buffs pronounce it and whether
>your pronounciation is an English style.

LesKO!

Aren't there any French speakers in this group?

Lis

Trat Colins

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May 6, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/6/96

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I have heard Turandot pronounced so many different ways. Is the accent
on the FIRST syllable or the SECOND??

As far as the 't' at the end goes, I was told that Turandot is supposed
to be French. Please correct me if I am wrong. If that is the case,
then to be correct in French pronounciation, the 't' would not be
pronouced. But, since it is an Italian opera, it is usually pronounced.

How about Jose in Carmen? Is it ho-ZAY, or is it zho-ZAY. The "zho" is
like the sound from the French word "jour."

I have heard Jose pronounced both the French was and the Spanish way.
But since Carmen is a French opera, I like it better pronounced the
French way. But I don't know if this is correct, I just know that is
what I like. What did Bizet want, does anyone know? The French way or
the Spanish way?

jjtom...@ucdavis.edu (John J. Tomashek) wrote:
>In article <318CEA...@rbrowne.compulink.co.uk>, Richard Browne
><ric...@rbrowne.compulink.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Betty-anne Mcbey wrote:
>> >

>> > Are you sure of the correct pronounciation? If I were to say it
>> > in French, which I do speak, I would pronounce it:
>> > Ma-no Lay-ko
>> > However, I don't know how opera buffs pronounce it and whether
>> > your pronounciation is an English style.
>>

allen furst

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May 10, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/10/96

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>> Betty-anne Mcbey wrote:
>> >
>> > Are you sure of the correct pronounciation? If I were to say it
>> > in French, which I do speak, I would pronounce it:
>> > Ma-no Lay-ko
>> > However, I don't know how opera buffs pronounce it and whether
>> > your pronounciation is an English style.
>> >> Betty-anne Mcbey wrote:
>> >
>> > Are you sure of the correct pronounciation? If I were to say it
>> > in French, which I do speak, I would pronounce it:
>> > Ma-no Lay-ko
>> > However, I don't know how opera buffs pronounce it and whether
>> > your pronounciation is an English style.
>>

Betty-anne doesn't speak French very well. The correct (French)
pronunciation of this proper noun is
Mah-non Lez-ko
which is pretty much what you hear in every performance.

af

Claudia Friedlander

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May 10, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/10/96

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There is a mammoth production of Turandot coming to the Olympic Stadium in
Montreal next week, a bloated spectacle with a cast of thousands. The
slimy-sounding voice in the television ad pronounces the name of the
opera, TooRAANdaht and for that very reason I think I may sit this one
out. . .

clf

Norma10086

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May 12, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/12/96

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TURANDOT is in Italian because the French way of spelling it is
TURANDOTTE, the play or story that became Puccini's idea! I don't know
about MANON LESCAUT.