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The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Manon Lescaut

2016

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The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Manon Lescaut

Genre: Music

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Runtime: 144 min

Average vote: 0

Release date: 2016-03-05

Production Countries: US

Director: Richard Eyre

Director: Gary Halvorson

Plot:

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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