Recorded: 7 March 1974, London
The love story of Manon Lescaut and the Chevalier des Grieux is a lyric tragedy of innocence corrupted in the pleasure-seeking world of Paris in the early 18th century. The several pas de deux are among the highlights of Manon, and in them Kemneth MacMillan charts the downfall of the lovers, from the first impassioned effusions of feeling to the desperate flare of the third act when Manon's emotions burn high like the last guttering candle.
Manon - Jennifer Penney
Des Grieux Anthony Dowell
Lescaut - David Wall
Monsiur G.M. - Derek Rencher
Lescaut's Mistress - Monica Mason
Jailer - David Drew
Madame - Gerd Larsen
Beggar Chief - David Peden
1 Act I Scene I
2 Act I Scene 2
3 Act II Scene I
4 Act II Scene 2
5 Act III Scene I
6 Act III Scene 2
7 Act III Scene 3 |
[ NTSC ]