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Gabriella Létay Kiss

Manon Lescaut

Sae Kyung Rim

Tenor

Attila Fekete

The knight René Des Grieux

Gergely Boncsér

Baritone

Csaba Szegedi

Lescaut

Levente Molnár

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András Palerdi

Geronte de Revoir

István Rácz

Gergely Ujvári

Edmond

Ferenc Kristofori

András Kiss

An innkeeper

Sándor Egri

The naval captain

Illés Rácz

A lamplighter

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Balázs Kocsár

Stage director

Máté Szabó

Costume designer

Anni Füzér

Dramaturge

Eszter Orbán

Set designer

Balázs Horesnyi

Choreographer

András Nádasdy

Chorus master

Gábor Csiki

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Manon Lescaut Puccini

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Manon Lescaut (Puccini)

Puccini's imagination was captivated by the love story of Manon Lescaut and the Chevalier des Grieux, in which the protagonists defy social norms and the accepted moral law in order to be with each other, as a similar tale of passion had taken place in the composer's own life: his affair with Elvira Bonturi, a liaison that stirred enormous emotions in him but which, owing to the strictness of Italian law, could not become an official marriage, filled his life. More than one associate tried to talk him out of using the subject, not only because of his own personal proximity to it, but because of the tremendous success of Massenet's own Manon as well. Fortunately, however, Puccini could not be swayed, and his first nationwide success was born, which was soon conquering stages all over the world.

Manon Lescaut by Puccini, From (2019/2019), Directed by Máté Szabó,, Conductor Balázs Kocsár, Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest, Hungary

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