Manon Lescaut

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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
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
Civic Auditorium
Season
1926
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Gaetano Merola
Stage Director(s)
Armando Agnini
Chorus Master
Giuseppe Papi

Cast

Manon Lescaut
Claudia Muzio
Lescaut, her brother, Sergeant in the King's Guard
Desiré Defrère
Chevalier des Grieux, a student
Antonio Cortis
Geronte di Ravoir, Finance Minister
Vittorio Trevisan
Edmondo, a student
Lodovico Oliviero
Master of the Ballet
Lodovico Oliviero
Lamplighter
Lodovico Oliviero
Hairdresser
Amerigo Frediani
Captain
Victor Vogel
Sergeant
Prosper Reiter
Musician
Irene Fremont
Innkeeper
Evaristo Alibertini

Show Dates

Time and Place

Second half of the 18th century

Scenes

Act I -- A square in Amiens
Act II -- Room in Geronte's home in Paris
Act III -- Havre, a square near the harbour
Act IV -- In America, "Vast plain" in Louisiana