Event Info
The Met Opera Live in HD: Manon Lescaut
Manon Lescaut
Giacomo Puccini
Run Time 3 hrs 8 mins
The Met stage ignites w...
9:55am Doors at: 9:00am
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The Met Opera Live in HD: Manon Lescaut
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Event Description
Manon Lescaut
Giacomo Puccini
Run Time 3 hrs 8 mins
The Met stage ignites when soprano Kristine Opolais and tenor Jonas Kaufmann join forces in Puccini’s obsessive love story. Opolais sings the title role of the country girl who transforms herself into a Parisian temptress, while Kaufmann is the dashing student who desperately woos her. Director Richard Eyre places the action in occupied France in a film noir setting. “Desperate passion” is the phrase Puccini himself used to describe the opera that confirmed his position as the preeminent Italian opera composer of his day. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi leads the stirring score.
Venue
2687 James Street
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