Manon Lescaut
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View on VideBits →"Manon", wrote Puccini to his publisher Giulio Ricordi in 1889, "is a heroine I believe in and therefore she cannot fail to win the heart of the public." This turned out to be a truly prophetic statement since none of Puccinis other world successes were received on their first nights as rapturously as Manon Lescaut. The popularity of Puccinis great masterpiece has never waned and the highly acclaimed Götz Friedrich production at Covent Garden was hailed as an operatic milestone. Two of the worlds leading stars--Kiri Te Kanawa and Placido Domingo--head a strong cast conducted by the brilliant Italian conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli.
Cast & crew
Anna Cooper · Forbes Robinson · George MacPherson · John Fryatt · Kiri Te Kanawa · Orchestra of the Royal Opera House · Plácido Domingo · Robin Leggate · Thomas Allen · Brian Large · Götz Friedrich · Domenico Oliva · Giacomo Puccini · Giulio Ricordi · Giuseppe Giacosa