Metropolitan Opera 2019-20 Season: Manon at Regent Greymouth

Metropolitan Opera 2019-20 Season: Manon

260 mins | Rated TBC

Directed by Christian Räth

Starring Lisette Oropesa, Artur Rucinski, Kwangchul Youn, Michael Fabiano, Carlo Bosi, Brett Polegato

Exhilarating soprano Lisette Oropesa stars as the irresistible title character, the tragic beauty who yearns for the finer things in life, in Laurent Pelly’s revealing production. Tenor Michael Fabiano is the besotted Chevalier des Grieux, whose desperate love for Manon proves their undoing. Maurizio Benini conducts Massenet’s sensual score.

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Exhilarating soprano Lisette Oropesa stars as the irresistible title character, the tragic beauty who yearns for the finer things in life, in Laurent Pelly’s revealing production. Tenor Michael Fabiano is the besotted Chevalier des Grieux, whose desperate love for Manon proves their undoing. Maurizio Benini conducts Massenet’s sensual score.

Metropolitan Opera 2019-20 Season: Manon

260 mins | Rated TBC | Opera

Directed by Christian Räth | Starring Lisette Oropesa, Artur Rucinski, Kwangchul Youn, Michael Fabiano, Carlo Bosi, Brett Polegato

Exhilarating soprano Lisette Oropesa stars as the irresistible title character, the tragic beauty who yearns for the finer things in life, in Laurent Pelly’s revealing production. Tenor Michael Fabiano is the besotted Chevalier des Grieux, whose desperate love for Manon proves their undoing. Maurizio Benini conducts Massenet’s sensual score.