Puccini: Manon Lescaut (1980)
Alle kloppende erotiek – en het ultieme liefdesverdriet – van Puccini’s jeugdige partituur wordt ontketend door James Levine en zijn topcast. Plácido Domingo is Des Grieux, de knappe, eigenzinnige jonge aristocraat die verliefd wordt op de verleidelijke, onstuimige Manon Lescaut (Renata Scotto). Manon beantwoordt zijn liefde, maar haar obsessie met luxe ruïneert hen beiden. De weelderige productie van Gian Carlo Menotti, met decors en kostuums van Desmond Heeley, geeft op voortreffelijke wijze de kleurrijke wereld van het 18e-eeuwse Frankrijk weer.
Regiseur: Kirk Browning
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Renata Scotto as Manon Lescaut |
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Plácido Domingo as Chevalier des Grieux |
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Pablo Elvira as Lescaut |
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Renato Capecchi as Geronte |
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Isola Jones as A musician |
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Philip Creech as Edmondo |
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Mario Bertolino as An innkeeper |
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Andrea Velis as Dancing master |
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John Carpenter as A lamplighter |
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Julien Robbins as A sergeant |
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Russell Christopher as A sea captain |
| Sound | Giacomo Puccini | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Abbé Prévost | Original Story |
| Art | Gian Carlo Menotti | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Desmond Heeley | Costume Designer |
| Art | Desmond Heeley | Set Designer |
| Lighting | Gil Wechsler | Lighting Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nina Lawson | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Victor Callegari | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Michael Bronson | Executive Producer |
| Production | Clemente D'Alessio | Producer |
| Directing | Kirk Browning | Director |
| Writing | Domenico Oliva | Writer |
| Writing | Giulio Ricordi | Writer |
| Writing | Luigi Illica | Writer |
| Writing | Marco Praga | Writer |
| Sound | John Pfeiffer | Sound Designer |
