Close menu

Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 279,890 playable programmes from the BBC

Manon Lescaut

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Opera in four acts

Music by Puccini
Libretto based on the novel by Abbe Prevost
(sung in Italian: records)

Nine years after the appearance of Massenet's opera, Puccini's Manon Lescaut received its first performance in 1893. He too used Prevost's story as the source of his inspiration, but only in the first act do the two versions coincide in their accounts of the tale.

AMBROSIAN OPERA CHORUS
NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by BRUNO BARTOLETTI

Acts 1 and 2

3.10* Edward Greenfield talks about the formation of Puccini's style,

3.25* Manon Lescaut Acts 3 and 4

Contributors

Novel By:
Abbe Prevost
Conducted By:
Bruno Bartoletti
Talks:
Edward Greenfield
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Appears in

Suggest an Edit

We are trying to reflect the information printed in the Radio Times magazine.

  • Press the 'Suggest an Edit' button
  • Type in any changes to the title, synopsis or contributor information using the Radio Times Style Guide for reference.
  • Click the Submit Edits button.
    Your changes will be sent for verification and if accepted, will appear in due course More