James Levine

As Manon Lescaut is being shipped off to a convent, she escapes and is off to the luxury of Paris, which is the start of a path of despair for Manon.

This DVD offers a unique coupling of Luciano Pavarotti in Puccini's Il Tabarro and Placido Domingo as the tragic clown in Pagliacci. Both of these Metropolitan Opera productions feature James Levine as conductor.