"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 Puccini’s other world successes were received on their first nights as rapturously as Manon Lescaut. The popularity of Puccini’s great masterpiece has never waned and the highly acclaimed Götz Friedrich production at Covent Garden was hailed as an operatic milestone. Two of the world’s leading stars--Kiri Te Kanawa and Placido Domingo--head a strong cast conducted by the brilliant Italian conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli.
Genre: Music
Stars: Plácido Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa, Thomas Allen, Forbes Robinson, Robin Leggate, Anna Cooper
Crew: Giacomo Puccini (Original Music Composer), Giacomo Puccini (Writer), Ruggero Leoncavallo (Writer), Marco Praga (Writer), Giuseppe Giacosa (Writer), Domenico Oliva (Writer)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: Italiano
Studio: NVC Arts
Runtime: 129 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: May 17, 1983
IMDb: 4
Keywords:opera live performance
