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