Manon Lescaut
"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
Also in
The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore
Royal Ballet & Opera: Turandot
Levente Molnár
Lescaut
Known for
Son of Saul
Sunset
Aleksandrs Antonenko
Chevalier Renato Des Grieux
Also in
Verdi: Otello
Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila
Eric Halfvarson
Geronte di Ravoir
Known for
Vampire Academy
Luis Gomes
Edmondo
Also in
The ROH Live: Rigoletto
Falstaff
Aled Hall
Il maestro di ballo
Also in
Royal Opera House: Turandot
Royal Ballet & Opera: Turandot
David Junghoon Kim
Un lampionaio
Also in
Royal Opera House: Norma
The ROH Live: The Tales of Hoffmann
David Shipley
Un sergente degli arceri
Also in
The Grue Crew
The ROH Live: Nabucco
Nicholas Crawley
Il Commandante di Marina
Also in
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Also in
Giselle
La Traviata
Jonathan Kent Director · Giacomo Puccini Composer
First release January 1, 2016
Production
Sony Music Entertainment
Production
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
United Kingdom · January 1, 2016
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No release date listed for United States.
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