Kristīne Opolais and Christopher Maltman on Manon Lescaut (The Royal Opera)

Join soprano Kristīne Opolais and baritone Christopher Maltman as they talk about becoming the roles of Manon and Lescaut in Puccini’s first success, Manon Lescaut directed by Jonathan Kent. Find out more at Puccini’s publisher tried to prevent him from adapting Abbé Prévost’s L’Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut -- Massenet had already created a highly successful opera based on the novel. But Puccini was not to be dissuaded, claiming ’a wom