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 Tue, Sep 28 1926, 8pm Streaming Information 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