Massenet's most famous opera, a moralistic story of love versus materialism, should be full of wit, passion and drama but this production at the Royal Opera House, whilst enjoyable, could do with more ...

In both these respects, this Covent Garden revival of Laurent Pelly's production is swimming against the tide. Manon is not the box office draw it once was. The performances in this run are also all ...

Manon has it all. Great duets, splendor, fantastic music, great scenography, perfect choir, and harmonious choreographies. This opera comique from the 19th century has a big come back after 40 years ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The role of Lescaut will be performed by French-Irish baritone Edwin ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. As the curtain went up on Thursday night on Manon, that super-efficient balletic machine, a woman near me ...

IT has always seemed to me a shame that Puccini in his third opera, Manon Lescaut, left out the brief interlude in Manon’s tragic life when she had found happiness with her Chevalier. Unlike ...

Manon prepares to enter a convent when she's struck by love at first sight with Chevalier des Grieux. It's unclear if he can hold her attention when her true loves are wealth and glamour. Laurent ...

Manon Lescaut (1893) was Giacomo Puccini’s third opera, but it was his first unequivocal success.

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Lisette Oropesa as Manon and Michael Fabiano as des Grieux in Massenet’s Manon. Marty Sohl / Met Opera The lurid theatrical form called melodrama is often packed with precipitous plot twists and ...