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Sarah Lamb and Vadim Muntagirov star as tragic lovers Manon and Des Grieux in this performance of Kenneth MacMillan's Manon, a classic of the Royal Ballet repertory. Nicholas Georgiadis's period designs set the ballet in the contrasting worlds of Paris luxury and Louisiana swampland, while the intense emotion of MacMillan's choreography is complemented by a score drawn from Massenet's music.
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Manon: Sarah Lamb
Des Grieux: Vadim Muntagirov
Lescaut: Ryoichi Mirano
Monsieur G.M: Gary Avis
Lescaut's Mistress: Itziar Mendizabal
Madame: Kristen McNally
The Gaoler: Thomas Whitehead
Beggar Chief: James Hay
Artists of the Royal Ballet
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor: Martin Yates
Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan
Music: Jules Massenet
Designer: Nicholas Georgiadis
Extras: An Introduction; Creating the Courtesans; Darcey Bussell interviews Deborah MacMillan
Picture: 16:9
Sounds: PCM Stereo 2.0 / DTS Surround 5.1
Format: NTSC
Region Code: All Regions
Running Time: 133 mins
Year: 2018
"a signature classic of the Covent Garden repertory" The Times
"By Act 2, there was an aloofness about Lamb’s Manon that was chilling, especially the icy glint in her eye as she snubs des Grieux... Vadim Muntagirov was her noble, but impoverished chevalier, moving with eloquent fluidity and a sensitive partner to Lamb throughout... Ryoichi Hirano was fabulous as Lescaut, displaying a wide range of emotions, painfully funny in his drunken pas de deux with his unamused mistress, the delicious Itziar Mendizabal." BachTrack
