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An abundantly emotional Manon Lescaut at the Kennedy Center

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Reviewed at Kennedy Center: Opera House, Washington on 2 March 2013
Puccini, Manon Lescaut
Washington National Opera
Philippe Auguin, Conductor
Washington National Opera Orchestra
John Pascoe, Director
Patricia Racette, Manon Lescaut
Giorgio Caoduro, Lescaut
Kamen Chanev, Chevalier des Grieux
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