Manon Lescaut (Los Angeles)

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Composer
Giacomo Puccini
Librettists
Ruggero Leoncavallo

and

Marco Praga

and

Domenico Oliva

and

Giuseppe Giacosa

and

Giulio Ricordi

and

Luigi Illica
Based On

a novel "L'Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut" by the Abbé Prévost

Company
San Francisco Opera Association Touring
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Venue
Shrine Auditorium
Season
1949
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Fausto Cleva
Stage Director(s)
Armando Agnini
Chorus Director
Kurt Herbert Adler

Cast

Manon Lescaut
Licia Albanese
Chevalier des Grieux
Jussi Bjoerling
Lescaut
Enzo Mascherini
Geronte de Ravoir
Salvatore Baccaloni
Edmund, a Student
Caesar Curzi
Dancing Master
Alessio De Paolis
Captain
Desire Ligeti
Musician
Herta Glaz
Lamplighter
Leslie Chabay
Innkeeper
Colin Harvey
Sergeant
Patrick McVey

Show Dates

Time and Place

1721; Amiens, Paris, Havre, Louisiana

Scenes

Act I -- Courtyard of an Inn, Amiens
Act II -- Apartment in Geronte's Home
Act III -- Harbor of Havre
Act IV -- Desolate Spot in Louisiana