Giacomo Puccini - Manon Lescaut
Opera in four acts

Sung in Italian with German and English surtitles

Leading team:

Sir Simon Rattle, musical director
Sir Richard Eyre, director
Robert Howell, set designer
Fotini Dimou, costume designer
Peter Mumford, lighting dsigner

Cast:

Eva-Maria Westbroek, Manon Lescaut
Lester Lynch, Lescaut
Bogdan Mihai, Edmondo
Massimo Giordano, Renato Des Grieux,  a student
Liang Li, Geronte de Ravoir, Treasurer General
Reinhard Dorn, innkeeper and naval captain
Magdalena Kožená, singer
Kresimir Spicer, dance master
Arthur Espiritu, lamplighter
Johannes Kammler, a sergeant of the Royal Archers

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Vienna Philharmonia Chorus, choral director: Walter Zeh