Puccini: Manon Lescaut

Puccini: Manon Lescaut
1980MusicDrama130 mins

Plot

All the throbbing eroticism—and ultimate heartbreak—of Puccini’s youthful score is unleashed by James Levine and his top-flight cast. Plácido Domingo is Des Grieux, the handsome, headstrong young aristocrat who... read more

  • Kirk Browning

    Director

  • Abbé Prévost

    Original Story

  • Luigi Illica

    Writer

  • Marco Praga

    Writer

  • Domenico Oliva

    Writer

  • Giulio Ricordi

    Writer

  • Renata Scotto

    Manon Lescaut

  • Plácido Domingo

    Chevalier des Grieux

  • Pablo Elvira

    Lescaut

  • Renato Capecchi

    Geronte

  • Isola Jones

    A musician

  • Philip Creech

    Edmondo

  • Mario Bertolino

    An innkeeper

  • Andrea Velis

    Dancing master

  • John Carpenter

    A lamplighter

  • Julien Robbins

    A sergeant

  • Russell Christopher

    A sea captain

  • Runtime

    130 minutes

    Released

    1980-03-29

    Languages

    Italiano

    Studios

    The Metropolitan Opera

    Deutsche Grammophon

    Sound

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    1463 days ago

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