Manon Lescaut

Manon Lescaut

"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.

Top Cast

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

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