Manon Lescaut [videorecording] / by Giacomo Puccini, after the novel by Abbé Prévost ; NVC Arts presents ; produced by BBC-TV in association with NVC Arts ; stage producer, Götz Friedrich ; directed for television by Humphrey Burton.

The Hamburg State Opera's production of Puccini's opera. 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 prostitut...

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Corporate Authors:	NVC Arts (Firm), Royal Opera House (London, England), British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service, Kultur International Films
Other Authors:	Friedrich, Götz (Producer), Burton, Humphrey, 1931- (Director), Te Kanawa, Kiri (Performer), Domingo, Plácido, 1941- (Performer), Allen, Thomas, 1944- (Performer), Robinson, Forbes (Performer), Leggate, Robin (Performer), MacPherson, George, 1928- (Performer), Fryatt, John (Performer), Cooper, Anna (Performer), Thomas, Handel (Performer), Curtis, Mark, 1958- (Performer), Earle, Roderick (Performer), Allen, Paschal (Performer), Sinopoli, Giuseppe (Conductor), Praga, Marco, 1862-1929 (Librettist), Oliva, Domenico (Librettist), Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919 (Librettist), Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924, Prévost, abbé, 1697-1763
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Italian English French German Spanish Japanese
Published:	West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, ©2000, 1983.
Edition:	[Full screen presentation]
Subjects:	Puccini, Giacomo, > 1858-1924. > Manon Lescaut > Television adaptations. France > Social life and customs > 1789-1815 > Drama. Louisiana > Drama. Manon Lescaut (Puccini, Giacomo) Manners and customs. France. Louisiana. Cultural television programs. Drama. Nonfiction television programs. Televised operas. Television adaptations. Operas.