Great Performances

Season 43, Episode 12

Episode Title: Great Performances at the Met: Manon Lescaut

Air Date: 2016-08-13

Overview:

Hear Kristine Opolais and Roberto Alagna as the ill-fated lovers in Puccini’s passionate adaptation of the classic novel about a free-spirited country girl. Sir Richard Eyre’s new production, conducted by Fabio Luisi, is set in the 1940s.