Manon Lescaut / RM Arts production ; music by Giacomo Puccini ; Arthaus Musik presents, from the Cheminitz Opera House ; director, Ansgar Weigner ; directed for TV and video by Patrick Buttmann.
Lyric drama in 4 acts; libretto by Marco Praga, Domenico Oliva, Luigi Illica, and Giulio Ricordi, based on the novel L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et Manon Lescaut by the Abbé Prévost. Astrid Weber (Manon Lescaut) ; Zurab Zurabishvili (Chevalier des Grieux) ; Heiko Trinsinger (Lescaut) ; Kouta Räsänen (Geronte di Ravoir) ; Edward Randall (Edmondo) ; Martin Gäbler (Innkeeper/Sergeant) ; Tiina Penttinen (Prima Donna) ; Jürgen Mutze (Dancing master) ; Matthias Winter (Captain in the Navy) ; Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie ; Frank Beermann, conductor. Recorded in performance, 2007. Picture format 16:9, NTSC. Booklet with program notes and synopsis in English, German and French (22 pages) inserted in container.
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