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Puccini's Manon Lescaut

BBC Radio 3
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Opera in four acts
(sung in Italian: records)
How far will a man go to follow a girl he loves? In this pre-Boheme opera, based on the PRÉVOST novel, Des Grieux accompanies Manon to America on a convict ship; but even this chance of a new life together fails to bring them happiness,
AMBROSIAN OPERA CHORUS
NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by BRUNO BARTOLETTI Acts 1 and 2

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Conducted By:
Bruno Bartoletti
Source: Radio Times

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