Manon Lescaut - Metropolitan Opera
Directed by Richard Eyre, Gary Halvorson
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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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 & crew
Kristine OpolaisManon Lescaut
Roberto AlagnaDes Grieux
Massimo CavallettiLescaut
Brindley SherrattGeronte de Ravoir
Zach BorichevskyEdmondo
Scott ScullyDancing MasterExplore the crew
- Producer
- Richard Eyre
- Original Music Composer
- Giacomo Puccini
- Director
- Richard Eyre
- Writer
- Luigi Illica
- Director
- Gary Halvorson
- Producer
- Louisa Briccetti
- Writer
- Marco Praga
- Writer
- Domenico Oliva
- Producer
- Victoria Warivonchik
- Writer
- Ruggero Leoncavallo
- Writer
- Giuseppe Giacosa