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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.

Creatives/Company

Author: Massenet
Lyrics(s): Meilhac, Gille
Book by: Prevost

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Archive listings for Manon (2014)

Work type: Opera or Operetta.

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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). DramaturgAgathe 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).

14 Jan 14 to 4 Feb 14

Royal Opera House, West End :: V377
listing details L0600630336

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