Manon Lescaut [videorecording] / produced by BBC TV in association with Covent Garden Video Productions ; [music] by Giacomo Puccini ; directed by Humphrey Burton ; producer, Götz Friedrich.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
Thorn EMI Video,
Copyright Date:
c1983
Description:
1 videocassette (130 min.) : sd. (stereo), col. ; 1/2 in. + libretto (38 p. ; 17 cm.)
VHS format. A videorecording of the performance at the Royal Opera House on May 17, 1983. Booklet containing biographical and historical notes, synopsis and libretto with English translation. Kiri te Kanawa, Plácido Domingo, Thomas Allen, The Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra.
Summary:
The Chevalier des Grieux meets and seduces the young Manon when she is being escorted by her brother to a convent. Manon lives with des Grieux in Paris, but leaves him for a rich admirer. She is later arrested, charged with prostitution, and deported to Louisiana. Des Grieux accompanies her and during an escape attempt she dies in his arms.
Series:
Thorn Emi classic performance
OCLC:
(OCoLC)13046775
Locations:
O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)
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