Puccini - Manon Lescaut / Sinopoli, Domingo, Te Kanawa, Allen, Royal Opera Covent Garden
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Actor: Forbes Robinson, Kiri Te Kanawa, Pl?cido Domingo, Robin Leggate, Thomas AllenDirector: Brian Large
Writer: Abb? Pr?vost
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled)
Format: Classical, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 129 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-11-18
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Kultur Video
Movie Reviews of Puccini - Manon Lescaut / Sinopoli, Domingo, Te Kanawa, Allen, Royal Opera Covent Garden
Movie Review: Manon Lescaut: torn between love and riches.
Summary: 5 Stars
"Manon is a heroine I believe in and therefore she cannot fail to win the hearts of the public. A woman like Manon can have more than one lover."--Puccini.
Puccini's third opera Manon Lescaut (1893) was his first great success, and hints at his three great compositions to come: La Boh?me (1896), Tosca (1900), and Madama Butterfly (1904). I experienced a live HD simulcast performance of Puccini's opera from The NYC Metropolitan Opera yesterday, with soprano Karita Mattila and tenor Marcello Giordani in the title roles, and conducted by James Levine. Based on the 1731 novel L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by the Abb? Pr?vost, Manon Lescaut is an opera in four acts. It tells the story of Manon, who falls in love with a student, Des Grieux, on her way to a convent, following the instructions of her father. When Des Grieux discovers an elderly tresurer-general, Geronte de Ravoir, plans to abduct Manon, he declares his love to Manon and persuades her to go to Paris with him instead. When Des Grieux's money runs out, Manon becomes Geronte's mistress, but her heart remains with Des Grieux. Soon they renew their vows of love. Soldiers then arrest Manon on Geronte's orders, and she is imprisoned with other courtesans. Eventually, Manon escapes to the desert with Des Grieux where they meet their tragic, heart-rending end together. G. Merritt loves his opera, and this is among his favorites. Before the Met performance, I watched this DVD performance to familiarize myself with the opera, and it is excellent.
G. Merritt
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Summary of Puccini - Manon Lescaut / Sinopoli, Domingo, Te Kanawa, Allen, Royal Opera Covent Garden
"Manon", wrote Puccini to his publisher Giulio Ricordi in 1889, "is a heroine I believe in and therefore she cannot fail to win the heart of the public." This turned out to be a truly prophetic statement since none of Puccini's other world successes were received on their first nights as rapturously as Manon Lescaut. The popularity of Puccini's great masterpiece has never waned and the highly acclaimed G?tz Friedrich production at Covent Garden was hailed as an operatic milestone. Two of the world's leading stars--Kiri Te Kanawa and Placido Domingo--head a strong cast conducted by the brilliant Italian conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli. Sung in Italian with English subtitles.Placido Domingo and Kiri Te Kanawa were in top form vocally when this performance was recorded in 1984; Sinopoli's conducting is energetic and stylistically distinctive, and the staging strikes the proper notes of elegance in the early scenes and pathos in the tragic conclusion. This is not the only good video recording of Puccini's first masterpiece, but it ranks with the best.
Manon Lescaut is the story of a beautiful young woman who goes astray en route to a convent and drifts into life of self-indulgence, sexual exploitation, and crime, leading to her death as a convict, a story full of operatic situations. It inspired two operas in the standard repertoire, Puccini's and Massenet's earlier Manon. Puccini took a big risk going mano a mano with Massenet, but it worked; he did not eclipse Massenet, but this work gave his career a major boost. This production shows why it has captivated so many audiences. --Joe McLellan
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