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Massenet’s Manon

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Streaming for 23 hrs., until 6:30pm the next day.

A beautiful ingénue with a taste for the finer things makes her way to Paris, where she becomes irresistible to the men around her—including the passionate Chevalier des Grieux, whose all-consuming love for her leads to ruin. Based on the same scandalous 18th-century novella that inspired Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, Massenet’s version features one of the all-time most challenging, and most beguiling, roles for soprano, as well as the composer’s trademark combination of sophistication and sensuality.

Link: MET

Earlier Event: May 24
Memorial for Us All: Kelli O'Hara
Later Event: May 24
National Memorial Day Concert