Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, [2000?], c1983.
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- Plácido Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa, Thomas Allen, Forbes Robinson, Robin Leggate, George MacPherson, John Fryatt, Anna Cooper, Handel Thomas, Mark Curtis, Roderick Earle, Paschal Allen, children from Burlington Danes School, the Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor, Giuseppe Sinopoli.
- Set design, Günther Schneider-Siemssen costume design Aliute Meczies dances, Romayne Grigorova executive producer for NVC Arts, Robin Scott.
- Libretto by Domenico Oliva, Giulio Ricordi, Luigi Illica, and Marco Praga based on Abbé Antoine-François Prévost’s novel Manon Lescaut (1731).
- Performance of the Hamburg State Opera’s production of Puccini’s opera Manon Lescaut, performed in 1983 at the Royal Opera House Convent Garden.
- Sung in Italian with English subtitles.
- DVD.
- Dolby digital stereo.
- The Chevalier des Grieux seduces the young Manon, who eventually leaves him for a rich admirer. After she is deported to Louisiana for prostitution, des Grieux finds her again, but during an escape attempt she dies in his arms.
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Requested by Klemp, M