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Manon Lescaut

Movie"Manon Lescaut"
Audience Score
70
Manon Lescaut
NR 2 hr 9 minMusic
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 starsKiri Te Kanawa and Placido Domingohead a strong cast conducted by the brilliant Italian conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli

Movie Details

Original Language:Italian
Production Companies:NVC Arts