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
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1950
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

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

Cast

Manon Lescaut
Dorothy Kirsten
Chevalier des Grieux
Mario Del Monaco
Lescaut
Giuseppe Valdengo
Geronte de Ravoir
Ralph Herbert
Edmund, a Student
Caesar Curzi
Dancing Master
Alessio De Paolis
Captain
John Ford
Musician
Herta Glaz
Lamplighter
Herbert Norville
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 Territory

Notes

ACKNOWLEDGMENT We again acknowledge with grateful appreciation the generously donated use of the Emporium auditorium and facilities for chorus rehearsals this year which meant both a great convenience and a substantial saving to the Opera Company. 

We also desire to express our deep gratitude to Miss Alice Hager for her splendid gift of French period furniture. SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION