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Manon tells the story of a young woman who gets caught up in the French Resistance during World War II and goes on a journey that involves illegal immigration, Nazi collaborationism, and hiding a Jew. Along the way, she forms a forbidden relationship with a Jewish refugee and faces numerous challenges and dangers.
Manon escapes with the young nobleman Des Grieux, then becomes a high-class courtesan and finally forced to exile to America.
There is nothing we can do against the call of love. Amiens, 1713. Des Grieux is a noble young student, wise for his years, who's preparing to become a knight of the Order of Malta. With a fine future as a teacher of rhetoric ahead of him, he meets a young commoner, Manon Lescaut, a candle maker's daughter. It's love at first sight.
A French adventurer fights to save a woman in the life of prostitution.
In the reign of king Louis XV,a handsome student,Des Grieux, meets his charming cousin,Manon,just when she goes to the convent of Amiens,to take the veil.
Seventeen-year-old Des Grieux, studying philosophy at Amiens, comes from a noble and landed family, but forfeits his hereditary wealth and incurs the disappointment of his father by running away with Manon on her way to a convent. In Paris, the young lovers enjoy a blissful cohabitation, while Des Grieux struggles to satisfy Manon's taste for luxury. He acquires money by borrowing from his unwaveringly loyal friend Tiberge and by cheating gamblers.
Manon is a young woman torn between her love for the noble Des Grieux and her desire for wealth and luxury. Their passionate, but doomed, affair plays out against the backdrop of 18th-century France.
Experience the emotional tale of Manon Lescaut, a young woman torn between love and wealth in this captivating live performance of Puccini's opera. Follow Manon as she navigates through a world of passion, betrayal, and tragedy.
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