Synopsis
"Manon Lescaut is a heroine I believe in," wrote Giacomo Puccini to his publisher Giulio Ricordi. Experience Puccini's third opera and first big success in Götz Friedrich's landmark 1983 production at the Royal Opera House. The extraordinary Plácido Domingo and Kiri Te Kanawa take on the roles of the Chevalier Des Grieux and Manon Lescaut, accompanied by the Royal Opera House Choir and Orchestra under the direction of Giuseppe Sinopoli.
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Key crew
- Giacomo PucciniOriginal Music Composer
- Jonathan KentDirector
Cast
- Sondra RadvanovskyManon Lescaut
- Levente MolnárLescaut
- Aleksandrs AntonenkoChevalier Renato Des Grieux
- Eric HalfvarsonGeronte di Ravoir
- Luis GomesEdmondo
- Aled HallIl maestro di ballo
- David Junghoon KimUn lampionaio
- David ShipleyUn sergente degli arceri
- Nicholas CrawleyIl Commandante di Marina
- Orchestra of the Royal Opera HouseCast
Themes
opera