Manon Lescaut – The Met (2008)
Karita Mattila, een van de meest meeslepende zangeressen van dit moment, speelt de onweerstaanbare rol van Manon Lescaut, de eigenzinnige jonge vrouw die verscheurd wordt tussen een leven vol luxe en de roep van haar ware liefde: de Chevalier des Grieux, gespeeld door Marcello Giordani. De jonge Puccini liet een aantal van zijn meest sensuele muziek horen op deze vroege hit, hier gedirigeerd door James Levine.
Regiseur: Brian Large
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Karita Mattila as Manon Lescaut |
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Marcello Giordani as Des Grieux |
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Dwayne Croft as Lescaut |
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Sean Panikkar as Edmondo |
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Dale Travis as Geronte |
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Renée Fleming as Self - Host |
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Paul Plishka as An innkeeper |
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James Courtney as A sergeant |
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Tony Stevenson as A lamplighter |
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Tamara Mumford as A musician |
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Richard Bernstein as A sea captain |
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Lisette Oropesa as Madrigal singer |
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Jennifer Black as Madrigal singer |
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Sasha Cooke as Madrigal singer |
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Ellen Rabiner as Madrigal singer |
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Bernard Fitch as Dancing Master |
| Sound | James Levine | Conductor |
| Directing | Brian Large | Director |
| Sound | Giacomo Puccini | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Paul Cremo | Dramaturgy |
| Production | Mia Bongiovanni | Supervising Producer |
| Directing | Gina Lapinski | Stage Director |
| Production | Peter Gelb | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Ron Washburn | Technical Supervisor |
| Sound | Jay David Saks | Music Producer |
| Production | Louisa Briccetti | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Desmond Heeley | Costume Designer |
| Sound | Bill King | Sound Supervisor |
| Art | Desmond Heeley | Set Designer |
| Lighting | Gil Wechsler | Lighting Design |
| Production | Elena Park | Supervising Producer |
| Production | Victoria Warivonchik | Producer |
| Writing | Luigi Illica | Writer |
| Writing | Marco Praga | Writer |
| Writing | Domenico Oliva | Writer |