Manon Lescaut
The story of the star crossed love between Manon Lescaut and Des Grieux.
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The story of the star crossed love between Manon Lescaut and Des Grieux.
The story of revolutionary woman Manon Roland.
A French adventurer fights to save a woman in the life of prostitution.
Marcel Pagnol's adaptation of his own novel Manon des sources, the story of a shepherdess who exacts her revenge on the townsfolk she blames for killing her father, in two parts: Manon des sources and Ugolin.
A television adaptation of the poetic play by Vítězslav Nezval. The love story of the knight de Grieux and the sinful saint Manon was staged for the television screen with an extraordinary sense of poetic value in 1970.
Manon escapes with the young nobleman Des Grieux, then becomes a high-class courtesan and finally forced to exile to America.
Star soprano Anna Netrebko scored a triumph in Laurent Pelly’s acclaimed 2012 production, singing the title heroine for the first time at the Met. Manon’s story—from innocent country girl to celebrated courtesan to desti
There is nothing we can do against the call of love. Amiens, 1713. Des Grieux is a noble young student, wise for his years, who's preparing to become a knight of the Order of Malta. With a fine future as a teacher of rhe
On a day in early summer, two young men play squash, a lifeguard watches an indoor pool, a young woman shelves books at a store, another stages a puppet show for children in a park, an older woman cooks, and Manon gets o
Before a dynamic camera waitresses are rushing in all directions at the busy central Split train station, doing their daily work. The hectic atmosphere is amplified with cuts from face to face, movement to movement, tran
A nunnery or love? Love or money? Money or death? – On her way to the monastery, the young Manon is wooed by men. When Chevalier Des Grieux turns up, they fall in love and decide to escape. They live in Paris, money is s
Massenet's opera as performed in March 2007 by the Wieners Staatsoper
"Manon Lescaut is a heroine I believe in," wrote Giacomo Puccini to his publisher Giulio Ricordi. Experience Puccini's third opera and first big success in Götz Friedrich's landmark 1983 production at the Royal Opera Hou
Live from Glyndebourne 1997
In decadent 18th century Paris, young Manon wishes to live a life of luxury, but falls in love with poor student Des Grieux. Torn between her desire for a life of splendour and riches, with the wealthy Monsieur GM, and h
Yvette Marcel asks her godfather Control and McCall for help dealing with her irrational father, who is intent on locating Manon, the mother she believed had been killed years before. Created by editing 2-parts of episo