More than anything in the world, Manon, a proud, solitary shepherdess of verdant Provence, wants to avenge her father's untimely and unjust death. With this in mind, Manon, bent on taking her ...

The Royal Ballet performs a production of Manon starring Tamara Rojo in the title role with the worldfamous dancer Carlos Acosta as her lover Des Grieux In decadent 18th century Paris the young ...

So did Grace Moore. But the feat was never attempted by a cinemactress until last week when honors were awarded to Hope Hampton for her début as Manon with the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company.

"Manon", wrote Puccini to his publisher Giulio Ricordi in 1889, "is a heroine I believe in and therefore she cannot fail to win the heart of the public." This turned out to be a truly prophetic ...

Jean de Florette started as a two-part movie filmed in the Provence, it tells the tale of Jean and his family trying to start a new life.