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Manon’s brother Lescaut is offering her to the highest bidder when she meets Des Grieux and falls in love. They elope to Paris, but when Monsieur G.M. offers Manon a life of luxury as his mistress she can’t resist.

Kristine Opolais is the young woman whose conflicting desires for love and luxury lead to her tragic end, and Roberto Alagna plays the man who falls for her in Puccini’s early hit. Richard Eyre’s elegant production, which sets the action in 1940s occupied France, was one of the highlights of the Met’s 2015–16 season. Massimo Cavalletti as Manon’s brother and Brindley Sherratt as her aging admirer co-star, and Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium.

The French tale of a beautiful young woman destroyed by her conflicting needs for love and luxury.

Manon Lescaut's production was updated and it worked. Highly professional production with two of the best performances I've ever witnessed in any opera. By the end of the third act I was crying and by the end of the fourth act I could not stop the tears. These two can not only sing up a storm they act one as well. This is the best Manon Lescaut I've ever seen and hope the upcoming one at the Met is as good. It truly was thrilling. Kaufmann and Opolais were unbelievably fantastic and the orchestra was superb. Pappano is the kind of maestro you want to sing for as he coaches as in the old days of maestros like Levine, etc. This is highly recommended as a keeper!

Star soprano Anna Netrebko scored a triumph in Laurent Pelly’s acclaimed 2012 production, singing the title heroine for the first time at the Met. Manon’s story—from innocent country girl to celebrated courtesan to destitute prisoner—is one of the great tragic tales in literature and music, and this performance brings out all of its colors, as seen through Massenet’s masterful score, from the comedic beginning to the heart-wrenching finale. Piotr Bezcala is des Grieux, Manon’s lover, who decides to become a priest when she leaves him, but ultimately is reunited with her, only to lose her again. Paulo Szot sings Lescaut, and Fabio Luisi conducts the Met Orchestra and Chorus.

Live from Glyndebourne 1997

During a bus ride through the Andes, two seminarians encounter with a woman named Manon. Immediately, one of them falls in love and the attraction is mutual, so they decide to flee to capital city to start a new life. But the love of Manon ambitious drags this man to leave his vocation and commit criminal acts to maintain a life of luxury and extravagance.

"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 Götz 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.

A story about a woman who is a research student of a theater company and the three men who are at the mercy of her.

All the throbbing eroticism—and ultimate heartbreak—of Puccini’s youthful score is unleashed by James Levine and his top-flight cast. Plácido Domingo is Des Grieux, the handsome, headstrong young aristocrat who falls head over heels for the enticing, impetuous Manon Lescaut (Renata Scotto). Manon returns his love, but her obsession with luxury ruins them both. Gian Carlo Menotti’s opulent production, with sets and costumes by Desmond Heeley, superbly captures the colorful world of 18th century France.

부유한 남자들의 관심의 대상인 아름다운 금말 미인인 마농(Manon: 까뜨린느 드뇌브 분)은 일본 도쿄공항에서 사업가와 동행하여 파리로 돌아오느 중에 우연히 프랑소아를 보게된다. 프랑소아와 마농 그 둘은 서로 첫 눈에 반하여 행복한 나날을 보내게 된다. 프랑소아를 사랑하지만, 늘 한 남자에게 만족 못하고 화려한 생활을 동경하는 마농에게 쟝 뽈(Jean-Paul: 쟝-끌로드 브리엘리 분)은 시몽을 소개하고, 마농은 시몽과 함께 여행을 떠난다. 끊임없는 마농의 욕구를 충족시켜 주지 못한 프랑소아는 그녀로 인해 일에 지장을 초래하고 결국 직업을 잃게 된다. 마농은 석유 사업가인 라바쥐를 만나지만 마농과 프랑소아의 관계를 의심한 라바쥐는 탐정으로 하여금 그녀를 미행 시키고 마침내 그 두사람이 사랑하는 사이임을 목격한다. 두 사람은 라바쥐로부터 도망치고 서로의 사랑을 확인하게 된다.

In the reign of king Louis XV,a handsome student,Des Grieux, meets his charming cousin,Manon,just when she goes to the convent of Amiens,to take the veil.

2차 세계대전이 끝나가던 무렵의 프랑스. 마을 사람들은 독일군과 놀아났다는 마농을 둘러싸고 집단적인 폭력을 행사하려 한다. 레지스탕스 일원인 로베르가 마농을 위기에서 구해내고, 두 사람은 파리로 피신해 마농의 오빠 레옹을 찾아간다. 하지만 로베르의 뜻과는 달리 마농은 매춘까지 하게 되고, 모든 게 레옹 때문이라 생각한 로베르는 레옹을 죽이고 만다. 아베 프레보의 1731년작 『마농 레스코』를 각색하였다. 귀족 청년과 화류계 여인의 사랑과 파멸을 담은 강렬한 사랑 이야기를 나치 점령기의 프랑스로 옮겨와 당대 젊은이들의 억눌린 욕망과 절실한 사랑을 비극적으로 그려냈다. (영화의 전당 - 오래된 극장 2016)

A nobleman studying for the priesthood abandons his vocation in 18th Century France when he falls in love with a beautiful, but reluctant, courtesan.

A French adventurer fights to save a woman in the life of prostitution.