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Manon Lescaut-17 May 1983 Evening 7.30pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli
Chorus Master John McCarthy
Leader John Brown
Cast
Edmondo
a student 		Robin Leggate
The Innkeeper George Macpherson
Chevalier des Grieux
a student 		Plácido Domingo
Lescaut
Sergeant of the King's Guard 		Thomas Allen
Manon Lescaut
his sister 		Kiri Te Kanawa
Geronte di Ravoir
Treasurer General 		Forbes Robinson
A Musician Anna Cooper
A Dancing Master John Fryatt
Sergeant of Archers Handel Thomas
A Lamplighter Mark Curtis
Sergeant Paschal Allen
A Naval Captain Roderick Earle
Students, Townsfolk, Travellers, Children, Servants, Maids, Friends of Geronte, Musicians, Whores, Soldiers et al. The Royal Opera Chorus
Children from Burlington Danes School
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: Italian
Durations: Act I: 7.04-7.40pm, Act II: 8.20-9.01pm, Act III: 9.47-10.11pm, Act IV: 10.55-11.17pm
Television - future relay : BBC TV
Commercial video : Covent Garden Video Productions Ltd
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 17 May 1983 (in Royal Opera House Collections)