Name: Manon Lescaut
Start: 2016-11-22T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2016-12-12T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Royal Opera House

Organization

Singer

Soprano

Sondra Radvanovsky

Manon Lescaut

Tenor

Aleksandrs Antonenko

The knight René Des Grieux

Massimo Giordano

Baritone

Levente Molnár

Lescaut

Bass

Eric Halfvarson

Geronte de Revoir

Luis Gomes

Edmond

Mezzo-soprano

Emily Edmonds

A singer

Aled Hall

The dance master

David Junghoon Kim

A lamplighter

David Shipley

Sergeant of the Archers

Nicholas Crawley

The naval captain

Conductor

Antonio Pappano

Stage director

Jonathan Kent

Set designer

Paul Brown

Royal Opera House

Assistant Stage Director

Pedro Ribeiro

Italian

London

United Kingdom

Public

English

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Countertenor

Contralto

Bass-baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Jonas Kaufmann as Des Grieux sings 'Donna non vidi mai' from Act I of Jonathan Kent's production of Giacomo Puccini's Manon Lescaut, The Royal Opera, 2014. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/manonlescaut


Puccini’s publisher tried to prevent him from adapting Abbé Prévost’s L’Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut – Massenet had already created a highly successful opera based on the novel. But Puccini was not to be dissuaded, claiming ‘a woman like Manon can have more than one lover’. Despite a troubled gestation (five librettists were engaged in the project), the premiere of Manon Lescaut in 1893 was Puccini’s first major triumph – a hit with critics and the public alike.

Puccini’s sumptuous, richly-coloured score is characterized by youthful vitality and filled with glorious melodies. Des Grieux expresses his passion for Manon in the Act I aria ‘Vedete? io son fedele’, lively dances evoke Manon’s luxurious life in Paris in Act II, while in the impassioned finale to Act III, ‘Pazza son!’, Des Grieux begs to be allowed to join the imprisoned Manon on her voyage to America. The opera culminates in Manon’s heartbreaking Act IV aria ‘Sola, perduta, abbandonata’, as she contemplates her impending death. Jonathan Kent's controversial new production for The Royal Opera, with a star-studded cast including Jonas Kaufmann as Des Grieux and Kristine Opolais as Manon, was The Royal Opera's first production in more than thirty years.

Visit our People Page for more about Jonas Kaufmann: http://www.roh.org.uk/people/jonas-ka...

https://youtu.be/esoABheVgcA

Manon Lescaut by Puccini, Tue 29 Nov 2016, From (2016/2016), Directed by Jonathan Kent,, Conductor Antonio Pappano, Royal Opera House, London, United Kingdom

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