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
1956
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Oliviero De Fabritiis
Stage Director(s)
Carlo Maestrini
Chorus Director
Gianni Lazzari
Costumers
Goldstein & Co.

Cast

Manon Lescaut
Dorothy Kirsten
Chevalier des Grieux
Jussi Bjoerling
Lescaut, Sergeant of the King's Guards
Frank Guarrera
Geronte de Ravoir, Treasurer-General
Lorenzo Alvary
Edmund, a Student
Caesar Curzi
Musician
Margaret Roggero
Dancing Master
Alessio De Paolis
Lamplighter
Virginio Assandri
Sea Captain
Carl Palangi
Sergeant
Heinz Blankenburg
Innkeeper
Colin Harvey

Show Dates

Time and Place

France during the Eighteenth Century

Scenes

Act I -- A Square in Amiens
Act II -- Manon's Room in Geronte's House, Paris
Act III -- The Harbor of Le Havre
Act IV -- A Plain near New Orleans

Notes

"Manon Lescaut" opened San Francisco Opera's 1956 season.

Flowers by Podesta Baldocchi