Baden-Baden 2014: Puccini: Manon Lescaut (2014)
Operas from 2014
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Classics, Music
Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini, from the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, 2014. Directed by János Darvas, conductor Sir Simon Rattle. Starring Philharmonia Choir Vienna, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Lester Lynch, Massimo Giordano, Liang Li, Bogdan Mihai, Reinhard Dorn, Magdalena Kožená, Kresimir Spicer, Arthur Espiritu, Johannes Kammler. Performed in Italian.
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