Manon Lescaut

Plot Summary

"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.

Top Cast

Sondra Radvanovsky Manon Lescaut

Levente Molnár Lescaut

Aleksandrs Antonenko Chevalier Renato Des Grieux

Eric Halfvarson Geronte di Ravoir

Luis Gomes Edmondo