"Manon Lescaut is a heroine I believe in," wrote Giacomo Puccini to his publisher Giulio Ricordi. Experience Puccini's third opera and first big success in Götz Friedrich's landmark 1983 production at the Royal Opera House. The extraordinary Plácido Domingo and Kiri Te Kanawa take on the roles of the Chevalier Des Grieux and Manon Lescaut, accompanied by the Royal Opera House Choir and Orchestra under the direction of Giuseppe Sinopoli.
Sondra Radvanovsky
Manon LescautEric Halfvarson
Geronte di RavoirLevente Molnár
LescautDavid Shipley
Un sergente degli arceriOrchestra of the Royal Opera House
Aleksandrs Antonenko
Chevalier Renato Des GrieuxLuis Gomes
EdmondoAled Hall
Il maestro di ballo