A new Manon Lescaut by Puccini

Following in the footsteps of Enrico Caruso, Carlo Bergonzi and Placido Domingo, Jonas Kaufmann is taking over the role of Chevalier Des Grieux in Puccini’s Manon Lescaut.His role at the Royal Opera House gives us an opportunity to take another look at a work that ushered in verismo and revealed a “new” Manon Lescaut after Massenet’s.   “Manon Lescaut is a heroine I believe in", Giacomo Puccini wrote to...