The 1893 Turin Manon Lescaut Will Grab Your Attention (And Your Butt. Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Especially)

Riccardo Chailly is bangin' the 1893 complete version of the Turin premiere of Manon Lescaut, at Leipziger Opernhaus. That version, unheard for the last 115 years, comes back to life thanks to Chailly and director Giancarlo del Monaco.

In the cast, many OC regulars, from the hawt Francesca Patané and the meaty Teddy Tahu Rhodes to the unwilling participant in the Roberto Alagna-manufactured drama at la Scala, Antonello Palombi.

Here's the whole playbill:

Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
Production: Giancarlo del Monaco
Stage design: Johannes Leiacker
Costumes: Birgit Wentsch
Choir director: Sören Eckhoff
Oper Leipzig Choir
Gewandhaus Orchestra

The Cast

Manon Lescaut: Sondra Radvanowski/Francesca Patané
Sergeant Lescaut: Teddy T. Rhodes
Chevalier Des Grieux: Aleksandrs Antonenko/Antonello Palombi
Geronte de Ravoir: James Moellenhoff

Makes one want to grab some tickets and get one's butts over to Leipzig.