Details

Manon Lescaut is the opera in which Puccini found his voice. Never again did he equal the intensity of full-blooded sexual passion with which he imbued this opera. The catalyst is the Chevalier de Grieux, a young man initiated into a wanton world, all too aware of the degradation he will suffer but powerless to resist it. The object of his obsession is Manon, irresistibly charming and lethally corrupt, infuriatingly poised between the trivial and the sublime. Puccini's musical imagination was at its most fecund as he lavished his immortal melodies on these potent characters. Sung in Italian with English surtitles

Cast/Performers

Kristine Opolais (Manon Lescaut), Jonas Kaufmann (Chevalier des Grieux), Christopher Maltman (Lascaut), Maurizio Muraro (Geronte di Ravoir), Benjamin Hulett (Edmondo), Robert Burt (Dancing Master), Nadezhda Karyazina (Singer), Luis Gomes (Lamplighter), Jeremy White (Naval Captain), Jihoon Kim (Sergeant - Act III)

Creatives/Company

Music: Puccini
Lyrics(s): Oliva, Illica (after Prevost)
Producer: Royal Opera
Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Director: Jonathan Kent
Design: Paul Brown
Lighting: Mark Henderson
Choreographer: Denni Sayers
Company(s): Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House