The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Kristine Opolais is the young woman whose conflicting desires for love and luxury lead to her tragic end, and Roberto Alagna plays the man who falls for her in Puccini’s early hit. Richard Eyre’s elegant production, which sets the action in 1940s occupied France, was one of the highlights of the Met’s 2015–16 season. Massimo Cavalletti as Manon’s brother and Brindley Sherratt as her aging admirer co-star, and Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium.
Cast
Kristine Opolais
Manon Lescaut
Roberto Alagna
Des Grieux
Massimo Cavalletti
Lescaut
Brindley Sherratt
Geronte de Ravoir
Zach Borichevsky
Edmondo
Fabio Luisi
Self - Conductor
Deborah Voigt
Self - Host
Philip Cokorinos
A Hotel Manager
Virginie Verrez
A Musician
Scott Scully
Dancing Master
Martin Harvey
Solo Dancer
Maria D'Amato
Madrigal Singer
Christina Thomson Anderson
Madrigal Singer
Stephanie Chigas
Madrigal Singer
Rosalie Sullivan
Madrigal Singer
Storyline
Kristine Opolais is the young woman whose conflicting desires for love and luxury lead to her tragic end, and Roberto Alagna plays the man who falls for her in Puccini’s early hit. Richard Eyre’s elegant production, which sets the action in 1940s occupied France, was one of the highlights of the Met’s 2015–16 season. Massimo Cavalletti as Manon’s brother and Brindley Sherratt as her aging admirer co-star, and Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium.
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