Manon Lescaut
First aired on Jan 1, 2016
Runtime: 130mins
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Genres: Music
"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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Sondra Radvanovsky | Manon Lescaut
Levente Molnár | Lescaut
Aleksandrs Antonenko | Chevalier Renato Des Grieux
Eric Halfvarson | Geronte di Ravoir
Luis Gomes | Edmondo
Aled Hall | Il maestro di ballo
Featured Crew
Giacomo Puccini | Original Music Composer
Jonathan Kent | Conductor
Jonathan Kent | Director
Antonio Pappano | Conductor