Manon Lescaut (2016)
Overview
"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.
Top Cast
Sondra Radvanovsky
Manon Lescaut
Levente Molnár
Lescaut
Aleksandrs Antonenko
Chevalier Renato Des Grieux
Eric Halfvarson
Geronte di Ravoir
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Luis Gomes
Edmondo
Aled Hall
Il maestro di ballo
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David Junghoon Kim
Un lampionaio
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David Shipley
Un sergente degli arceri
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Nicholas Crawley
Il Commandante di Marina
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Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
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