Manon Lescaut

Manon Lescaut

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1983•129 min•Music
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Plácido Domingo
Plácido Domingo
Des Grieux
Kiri Te Kanawa
Kiri Te Kanawa
Manon Lescaut
Thomas Allen
Thomas Allen
Lescaut
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Forbes Robinson
Géronte de Ravoir
Robin Leggate
Robin Leggate
Edmond
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Anna Cooper
Madrigal Singer
"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.
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