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
1967
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Herbert Grossman
Stage Director(s)
Lotfi Mansouri
Chorus Director
Vincenzo Giannini
Costumers
Goldstein & Co.

Cast

Edmund
Stuart Burrows
Chevalier des Grieux
Robert Ilosfalvy
Manon Lescaut
Dorothy Kirsten
Lescaut
Delme Bryn-Jones
Geronte de Ravoir
Federico Davià
Innkeeper
Colin Harvey
Musician
Marija Kova
Dancing Master
L. D. Clements
Lamplighter
Raymond Manton
Sea Captain
Clifford Grant
Sergeant
Allan Monk

Show Dates

Time and Place

Eighteenth century; France and Louisiana

Scenes

Act I -- A square in Amiens
Act II -- Geronte's house in Paris
INTERMISSION
Act III -- The harbor at Le Havre
Act IV -- A plain near New Orleans

Media

Notes

To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.

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