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The highs and lows of Stefan Herheim's Manon Lescaut at the Dresden Semperoper

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Reviewed at Semperoper, Dresden on 2 March 2013
Puccini, Manon Lescaut
Semperoper Dresden
Christian Thielemann, Conductor
Stefan Herheim, Director
Heike Scheele, Set Designer
Gesine Völlm, Costume Designer
Fabio Antoci, Lighting Designer
Pablo Assante, Choirmaster / chorus director
Norma Fantini, Manon Lescaut
Christoph Pohl, Lescaut
Thiago Arancam, Chevalier des Grieux
Maurizio Muraro, Geronte di Ravoir
Giorgio Berrugi, Edmondo
Peter Lobert, Innkeeper
Christel Lötzsch, Musician
Timothy Oliver, Dancing master
Saxon State Opera Choir
Staatskapelle Dresden
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