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Manon Lescaut flees to Europe, dreaming of a better life, where she enters into a passionate relationship with a student, Des Grieux. But their happiness is short-lived: fed up with living in penury she takes up with Geronte, working in his nightclub as a dancer. Des Grieux reappears and they rekindle their love. Geronte finds them and words are exchanged, he calls for the police, and Manon, unable to escape in time, is arrested. After fleeing to America together their journey ends in a desert.

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Manon Lescaut

Oper Frankfurt

The opera season opens with Puccini’s masterful work in a new staging by Kasper Holten.

Directing a Puccini opera for the first time, Kasper Holten explores the relationship between art and politics in this gripping political thriller—tense, powerful, and filled with dramatic music.

Tosca

Royal Danish Opera

What Macbeth thinks are prophesies are expressions of his own suppressed dreams and fears. Goaded on by his wife, who’s no less ambitious, he commits murder, which leads to more murders, creating a gruesome system of oppression. But the tyrant Macbeth and his wife are plagued by pangs of conscience. They’re both psychologically shattered - in different ways. In the end, the oppressed populace rebel, putting an end to an unjust regime.

In a domestic setting surrounding this childless, murderous couple, mechanisms of violent rule become apparent that can be found on a larger scale: World politics are reflected in a private sphere. From this perspective the story of a medieval Scottish despot seems frighteningly relevant today.

Macbeth

Rome trembles under Scarpia’s iron fist. Only the diva Tosca dares defy him – but in a corrupt world, love is no match for power. This high-stakes love story, with its sweepingly romantic score, is staged at Glyndebourne for the first time.

Glyndebourne

Passion, blood and betrayal in Puccini’s tragic thriller.

Rome trembles under Scarpia’s iron fist. Only the diva Tosca dares defy him – but in a corrupt world, love is no match for power. This high-stakes love story, with its sweepingly romantic score, is staged at Glyndebourne for the first time.

The opening cast includes Caitlin Gotimer as Floria Tosca, Matteo Lippi as Mario Cavaradossi and Vladislav Sulimsky as Baron Scarpia, with Robin Ticciati conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

The second cast will be conducted by Jordan de Souza and will feature Natalya Romaniw as Floria Tosca, Atalla Ayan as Mario Cavaradossi and Alfred Walker as Baron Scarpia.

Tenor

Matteo Lippi

Events

Upcoming events

4 - 30 Aug, 2026

Tosca · Glyndebourne

18 - 24 Aug, 2026

Tosca · London Philharmonic Orchestra

Past events

Sep 26 - Oct 26, 2025

Manon Lescaut · Oper Frankfurt

Aug 31, 2025 - Jan 24, 2026

Tosca · Royal Danish Opera

Future and recently performed repertoire

Mario Cavaradossi in Tosca by Puccini

Royal Danish Opera

Macduff in Macbeth by Verdi

Oper Frankfurt

Des Grieux in Manon Lescaut by Puccini

Oper Frankfurt

Mario Cavaradossi in Tosca by Puccini

Glyndebourne

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