J.Massenet's Manon (VIVA! Opera 63)

Ayako Ohtake, a Sydney-based Japanese soprano singer, hosts monthly music segment called VIVA! Opera for SBS Japanese.

Russian soprano Anna Netrebko (as 'Manon Lescaut') and Argentinian tenor Marcelo Alvarez (as 'Renato, Chevalier des Grieux') perform at the final dress rehearsal prior to the season premiere of the Metropolitan Opera/Sir Richard Eyre production of 'Manon Lescaut' (by Giacomo Puccini) at Lincoln Center's Metropolitan Opera House, New York, New York, November 10, 2016. (Photo by Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images) Credit: Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images/Getty Images

VIVA! Opera is a music content broadcast on the 4th and 5th Thursday each month. In the 63rd episode, Ms Ohtake picks 'En fermant les yeux' from Manon composed by J.Massenet.

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