Performance

Venue	Royal Opera House
	Also: Linbury Studio, Ballet Studio, Clore Studio,Floral Hall
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	14th January 2014
To	4th February 2014
When	Jan 14, 17, 21, 24, 28, 31, Feb 4 at 18:30
Royal Opera House (V377)
Current/Future Listings
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Date of change: 13 Jun 13 - T0806723391

Manon

Work:: Manon (S2014)

The opera charts Manon's course from wide-eyed innocent to a woman who has seen all too much of the world, and Massenet supplies a lushly romantic score, bursting with life and colour. On her way to the convent where she is destined to spend her days, Manon falls instantly in love with the handsome Des Grieux, and they elope. Torn between her devotion to Des Grieux and the seductiveness of glamour and riches, Manon's voracious appetite for life blazes through the opera. Whilst he only wants the girl, the girl wants to have it all - even if it proves ultimately to be her undoing.

Author	Massenet
Lyrics	Meilhac
Lyrics	Gille
Book by	Prevost

Production:: (T0806723391)

Sung in French with English surtitles. Running time: approx. 3hrs 50mins (inclu. two intervals)

Producer	Royal Opera
Producer	Metropolitan Opera New York
Producer	La Scala Milan
Producer	Theatre du Capitole Toulouse
Conductor	Emmanuel Villaume
Director	Laurent Pelly
Director	Christian Rath (revival director)
Dramaturg	Agathe Melinand
Design	Chantal Thomas
Costume	Laurent Pelly
Costume	Jean-Jacques Delmotte
Lighting	Joel Adam
Choreographer	Lionel Hoche
Company	Royal Opera Chorus
Company	Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Performer	Ermonela Jaho (Manon Lescaut - Jan14 14 / 17 / 21 / 24 / 28)
Performer	Ailyn Perez (Manon Lescaut - Jan14 31 Feb14 4)
Performer	Matthew Polenzani (Chevalier des Grieux)
Performer	Audun Iversen (Lescaut)
Performer	Alastair Miles (Le Comte des Grieux)
Performer	Christophe Martagne (Guillot de Morfontaine)
Performer	William Shimell (De Bretigny)
Performer	Simone Mihai (Poussette)
Performer	Rachel Kelly (Javotte)
Performer	Nadezhda Karyazina (Rosette)
Performer	Lynton Black (Innkeeper)

Listing:: L0600630336

Production details

Sung in French with English surtitles. Running time: approx. 3hrs 50mins (inclu. two intervals)

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