GIACOMO PUCCINI:
MANON LESCAUT

The MET Live in HD
Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut

Opera in four acts to a libretto by Domenico Oliva, Marco Praga, Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Giulio Ricordi
Broadcast with Greek subtitles
[The broadcast, along with the intermissions, lasts approximately 4 hours]

With the support of Antenna Group and the cooperation between Thessaloniki Concert Hall and Athens Concert Hall, taped at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City

Kristine Opolais and Jonas Kaufmann star as the ill-fated lovers at the centre of Manon Lescaut, Puccini’s passionate adaptation of the classic novel about a free-spirited country girl who becomes the toast of Paris. Sir Richard Eyre’s new production, set in the 1940s, reunites him with set designer Rob Howell, his collaborator on recent MET productions of Le Nozze di Figaro, Werther, and Carmen. MET Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi conducts the new staging, which also stars Massimo Cavalletti as Manon’s cousin, Lescaut, and Brindley Sherratt as Geronte, her wealthy older lover.