"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.
- Created by
- Jonathan Kent
- Origin
- US
Cast
Sondra RadvanovskyManon Lescaut
Levente MolnárLescaut
Aleksandrs AntonenkoChevalier Renato Des Grieux
Eric HalfvarsonGeronte di Ravoir- Luis GomesEdmondo
Aled HallIl maestro di ballo- David Junghoon KimUn lampionaio
- David ShipleyUn sergente degli arceri
- Nicholas CrawleyIl Commandante di Marina
- Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
