Manon Lescaut News

 
Dessay cancels La Scala performances for illness
San Francisco Chronicle
(05-22) 03:45 PDT MILAN, (AP) -- La Scala opera house says soprano Natalie Dessay has been forced to cancel her appearances in the opera `'Manon" for health reasons. Dessay was due to appear in the role of Manon Lescaut for seven performances starting ...

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Independent Online
Film Guide - May 4, 2012
Independent Online
Manon: Massenet's opulent opera Manon, based on the famed novelette Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prévost, is the penultimate Met-production to be screened in the current season. Anna Netrebko sings the title role. (Not Reviewed) Mirror Mirror: Dressed in ...

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WQXR Radio (blog)
How a Singer Prepares a Role
WQXR Radio (blog)
We audience members may know that Manon Lescaut is destined for a tragic end, but Manon does not know that and therefore the singer playing her cannot “know” it until the music and words have her know it. Vuong later took part in a panel discussion led ...


 
Movie Listings
Vancouver Sun
Manon Lescaut "" An encore performance by the Metropolitan Opera. Mon. 6: 30 pm Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Metropolis, Colossus Langley. Pacific Cinematheque "" 1131 Howe St. Info: www.cinematheque.bc.ca or 604-688-FILM.

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Movie listings
Vancouver Sun
Opera: Manon Lescaut - Encore (U) Mon 6: 30 Chicken Run (G) Sat 11 STATION SQUARE 220 - 6200 McKay Ave., 604-434-7711 The Three Stooges (PG) Fri 3: 40, 6: 10, 8: 35; Sat 1, 3: 40, 6: 10, 8: 35; Sun 1, 3: 40, 6: 10; Mon-Thurs 3: 40, 6: 10 Dr. Seuss' The ...


 
Globe and Mail
Choreographing 'the undanceable'
Globe and Mail
Lily Bart is not the whore with a heart of gold that makes for a good juicy opera or ballet heroine like Violetta Valéry or Manon Lescaut. No virginity is lost in The House of Mirth. No promise of sexual awakening. Just choices, good and bad choices.


 
Metropolitan Opera: Janáček's The Makropulos
Red River Radio
Her repertory with the company also includes Chrysothemis in Strauss's Elektra, the title role in Puccini's Manon Lescaut, and Elsa in Wagner's Lohengrin. Leech has sung more than 150 Met performances in 12 roles, including Rodolfo in Puccini's La ...

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