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Manon Lescaut
- Title
- Manon Lescaut / NVC Arts ; produced by BBC-TV in association with Covent Garden Video Productions Ltd. ; producer, Götz Friedrich ; directed for video by Humphrey Burton.
- Publication
- West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, 2000.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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- Additional Authors
- Friedrich, Götz.
- Burton, Humphrey, 1931-
- Sinopoli, Giuseppe.
- Praga, Olivia.
- Praga, Illica.
- Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
- Te Kanawa, Kiri.
- Allen, Thomas, 1944-
- Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
- Prévost, abbé, 1697-1763.
- NVC Arts (Firm)
- Royal Opera House (London, England)
- British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
- Kultur International Films.
- Covent Garden Video Productions.
- Description
- 1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- The Chevalier des Grieux meets and seduces the young Manon when she is being escorted by her brother to a convent. Manon lives with des Grieux in Paris, but leaves him for a rich admirer. She is later arrested, charged with prostitution, and deported to Louisiana. Des Grieux accompanies her and during an escape attempt she dies in his arms.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Operas.
- Note
- Based on the novel by the Abbé Prévost; libretto by Oliva and Illica Praga.
- Credits (note)
- Set design, Günther Schneider-Siemssen ; costume design ; Aliute Meczies ; dances, Romayne Grigorova ; executive producer for NVC Arts, Robin Scott.
- Performer (note)
- Plácido Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa, Thomas Allen, Forbes Robinson, Robin Leggate, George MacPherson, John Fryatt, Anna Cooper, Handel Thomas, Mark Curtis, Roderick Earle, Paschal Allen, children from Burlington Danes School, the Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor, Giuseppe Sinopoli.
- Event (note)
- Performance of the Hamburg State Opera's production of Puccini's opera Manon Lescaut, performed in 1983 at the Royal Opera House Convent Garden.
- Audience (note)
- Not rated.
- MPAA rating: Not rated.
- System Details (note)
- DVD; Dolby Digital stereo.
- Language (note)
- Sung in Italian with English subtitles.
- ISBN
- 0769776221
- OCLC
- ocm53828139
- SCSB-9054082
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries