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Manon Lescaut
- Title
- Manon Lescaut / Giacomo Puccini ; executive producer, Michael Bronson ; producer, Clemente D\u0027Alessio ; director, Kirk Browning.
- Publication
- [Long Beach, Calif.?] : Pioneer Classics, [1994], ©1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moving image | Use in library | LF1033 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 2 videodiscs (134 min.) : sound, color; 12 in. +
- Summary
- 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 prostitution, and deported to Louisiana. Des Grieux accompanies her and during an escape attempt she dies in his arms.
- Subject
- Note
- Booklet contains photographs, program synopsis, and libretto in Italian and English.
- Credits (note)
- Conductor, James Levine ; production by Gian Carlo Menotti.
- Performer (note)
- Renata Scotto, Placido Domingo, Pablo Elvira, Renato Capecchi, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus.
- Event (note)
- Recorded at the 123rd Metropolitan Opera performance, Saturday afternoon, March 29, 1980.
- System Details (note)
- Laserdisc.
- Language (note)
- Sung in Italian with English subtitles.
- OCLC
- ocm32880913
- 32880913
- SCSB-5521282
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries