Live from the Met: Manon
Massenet's opera, based on Abbe Prevost 's sensational novel of 1728, tells the tragic love story of the young Chevalier des Grieux and the beautiful but fickle
Manon, whose restless pursu it of pleasure and amusement takes her from the dizzy heights of first love to jealousy, betrayal and degradation. Even a final reconciliation with des Grieux comes too late to save her and she dies in her lover's arms. During the interval Rodney Milnes continues his series Opera Snaps - a sideways glance at each of this season's Met operas. Massenet Manon
New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Julius Rudel Act
7.15 Interval: My Recollections
The colourful life and times of Jules Massenet , in his own words.
7.30 Opera Snaps
7.40 Act 2
8.30 Interval: Talking to Gotham
Miles Warde continues his interviews with leading figures from New York's cultural life. Today's subject is Englishman
Clive Barnes , one of the most respected drama critics on Broadway. At the age of 73 he still goes to the theatre seven times a week.
9.00 Act 3