Manon Lescaut

Manon Lescaut

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 2016

Runtime

2h 10m

Genres

Music

Original Title

Manon Lescaut

Production Companies

Sony Music Entertainment

Director

Jonathan Kent

Description

"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.