Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut

Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Lyrical drama in four acts by Giacomo Puccini
composed between summer 1889 and October 1892
on a libretto by Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa and Marco Praga,
based on The History of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut (1731) by Abbé Prévost,
from a sketch by Ruggero Leoncavallo and with a complement by Domenico Oliva,
premiered on February 1, 1893 at the Teatro Regio in Turin
Director: Davide Livermore
Set design: Davide Livermore and Giò Forma
Costumes: Giusi Giustino
Lights: Nicolas Bovey
Video: D-WOK
Manon Lescaut: Liudmyla Monastyrska
Lescaut: David Bižić
He rides Renato Des Grieux: Gregory Kunde
His double (silent role): Albert Muntanyola
Geronte di Ravoir: Carlos Chausson
Edmondo: Mikeldi Atxalandabaso
The host: Marc Pujol
The ball maestro: José Manuel Zapata
A musician: Carol García
A sergeant: Michael Borth
A lamp: Jordi Casanova
A commander: David Sánchez
Orchestra and Choirs of the Gran Teatre deI Liceu
Musical direction: Emmanuel Villaume

[@JimJimJimJim99]

Very enjoyable. Thank you!

[@louise_rose]

Very nice! You're clearly a big fan of Mezzo, like me - you don't happen to have a tape (with subtitles) of the superb production of Verdi's Vespri Siciliani from the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, around five years ago - a production that was set in New York during the heyday of the (Sicilian) Mafia and with Lucky Luciano as a leading villain? :) That one was a pure joy to watch! 💗

[@alteamedia]

Thanks for your email... Altea Media (ex MMEDIA) have coproduced all the films we are publishing on our channel... We do own the masters and are the only one publishing these films in UHD...

[@louise_rose]

@@alteamedia Aah I see - I was wondering if this was just the channel of an opera fan with a nice vault of recordings (there are many such channels on UA-cam of course, across different genres)😄🎵🎶🎹

[@ChristopheBouclette]

Décor assez esthétique ( il y a pire). Chanteurs tout juste honnêtes sans plus. Direction d' orchestre satisfaisante.

[@ritawing1064]

Maestro Gandolfi must be turning in his tomb at that "Venticelli...."

[@Dylonely42]

Thanks.