Manon Lescaut : dramma lirico in four acts / music, Giacomo Puccini ; libretto, Domenico Oliva & Luigi Illica ; after Antoine-François Prévost's novel L'histoire du chevalier Des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut ; director, Jonathan Kent ; directed for the screen by Jonathan Haswell ; from the Royal Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
Kristine Opolais (Manon Lescaut) ; Jonas Kaufmann (Chevalier Des Grieux) ; Christopher Maltman (Lescaut) ; Maurizio Muraro (Geronte de Revoir) ; Benjamin Hulett (Edmondo) ; Nadezhda Karyazina (Musician) ; Robert Burt (Dancing master) ; Nigel Cliffe (Innkeeper) ; Jihoon Kim (Sergeant) ; Luis Gomes (Lamplighter) ; Jeremy White (Naval captain) ; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House ; Royal Opera Chorus ; Antonio Pappano, conductor. Extra feature: Who is Manon Lescaut? Recorded in June 2014.
Summary:
"Few operas have surpassed Manon Lescaut in the depiction of the urgency of young love. The French tale of a beautiful young woman destroyed by her conflicting needs for love and luxury ... Puccini made the story his own and infused it with a new level of frank emotion and a flood of melody"--Metropolitan Opera website.
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