Manon Lescaut backdrop
Manon Lescaut poster
Trailer
Manon Lescaut
7.0
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2h 9m
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1983
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Released
Overview
"Manon", wrote Puccini to his publisher Giulio Ricordi in 1889, "is a heroine I believe in and therefore she cannot fail to win the heart of the public." This turned out to be a truly prophetic statement since none of Puccini’s other world successes were received on their first nights as rapturously as Manon Lescaut. The popularity of Puccini’s great masterpiece has never waned and the highly acclaimed Götz Friedrich production at Covent Garden was hailed as an operatic milestone. Two of the world’s leading stars--Kiri Te Kanawa and Placido Domingo--head a strong cast conducted by the brilliant Italian conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli.

Cast
Plácido Domingo poster
Plácido Domingo
Des Grieux
Kiri Te Kanawa poster
Kiri Te Kanawa
Manon Lescaut
Thomas Allen poster
Thomas Allen
Lescaut
Forbes Robinson poster
Forbes Robinson
Géronte de Ravoir
Robin Leggate poster
Robin Leggate
Edmond
Anna Cooper poster
Anna Cooper
Madrigal Singer
John Fryatt poster
John Fryatt
Dance Master
George MacPherson poster
George MacPherson
Inkeeper
Giuseppe Sinopoli poster
Giuseppe Sinopoli
Conductor
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House poster
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

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