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
1983-1984
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Maurizio Arena
Stage Director(s)
Grischa Asagaroff
Set Designer(s)
Allen Charles Klein
Lighting Designer
Joan Arhelger
Musical Preparation
Mark Haffner
Philip Eisenberg
Kathryn Cathcart
Prompter
Philip Eisenberg
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Robert Tannenbaum
Stage Manager(s)
Sharon Woodriff
Choreographic Assistance
Marika Sakellariou

Cast

Edmondo
Walter MacNeil
Cavaliere des Grieux
Ermanno Mauro
Manon Lescaut
Mirella Freni
Geronte de Ravoir
Renato Capecchi
Lescaut
Vicente Sardinero
Innkeeper
Roger Andrews
Madrigal Singer
Donna Bruno
Dancing Master
David Gordon
Sergeant of the Archers
Paul Gudas
Lamplighter
Jeffrey Thomas
Prison Sergeant
John MacAllister
Sea Captain
Jacob Will

Show Dates

Broadcast

Archival broadcast, October 3, 1987 -- locally on KKHI; also on WFMT Chicago.

Time and Place

Early 18th century; France and Louisiana

Scenes

Act I -- Courtyard of an inn at Amiens
Act II -- Manon's apartment in Geronte's house
Act III -- The harbor of Le Havre
Act IV -- A barren wasteland in Louisiana

Media

Acknowledgements

The presentation of this production was made possible in part by the Koret Foundation

Notes

Archival broadcast, October 3, 1987 -- locally on KKHI; also on WFMT Chicago. (Several years later, Mr. McEwen selected a number of operas from various seasons for broadcasts, including Manon Lescaut.)

Libretto: RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO, MARCO PRAGA, DOMENICO OLIVA,
GIUSEPPE GIACOSA, GIULIO RICORDI and LUIGI ILLICA

Production owned by Greater Miami Opera Association and Dallas Opera

Scenery and properties executed by Dallas Stage Scenery

Costumes from San Francisco Opera Costume Shop

Miss Freni'c costumes designed by Walter Mahoney

CORPS DE BALLET
Johanna Baer
Lisa Brodsky
Peggy David
Liz Douglass
Anne Elizabeth Egan
Devra Gregory
Carolyn Houser
Amy Laszlo
Loren Marcinkowski
Sarah Gale Oppenheimer
Page Perry
Kathryn Roszak
Susan Stewart
Elaine Wadsworth
Katherine Warner

Peter Childers
Edward Dubell
William Dunn
Gregory Gonzales
Tom Hillyard
Gregory Lara
Karstyn McCoy
Dennis McDonald
John Norris
John Schoenberger
Edward Staver
John Sullivan

SUPERNUMERARIES
Hester Alvarez
Patricia Angell
Karen Bailey
Joyce Barnett
Katherine Brazaitis
Lorna Bridges
Dottie Brown
Renée DeJarnatt
Carol Dunlap
Carolyn Ekstedt
Esther Erford
Jane M. Gitschier
Roberta Heath
Jennifer Heglar
Mary Kay Henderson
Susan Holzkamp
Joan Imbeau
Nina Izotoff
Loisann Jakovitz
Christie Kohler
Barbara Konkle
Joan Kwansa
Francesca Leo
Holly Morrison
Marta Ann Osterloh
Dorothy Papo
Miriam Preece
Julia Reisz
Gwen Reynolds
Louise Russo
Ellen Sanchez
Dorothy Schimke
Sally Scott
Susan Scott
Donna Shanklin
Valentina Simi
Robin Stewart
Stella Tatro
Beverly Terry
Karen Topp
Lisa Waters
Carolyn Waugh
Gretchen Weber
Jain Weidner
Susan Weiss
Lillian Williams

Andrew Alder
Gene Angell
Richard Ares
Sky Bamford
Stephen Bartlett-Re
Mark Bathke
Steve Bauman
Douglas Beardslee
Rick Brandon
William Burns
Tom Carlisle
Roy Castellini
Stewart Clark
David Clover
William Colligan
Rudy Cook
Burton Covel
Don Crawford
Tom Curran
Daniel DeJarnatt
Hilbert Duperroir
Rick Emmons
Robert Esformes
Jay Esser
Robert Falterman
Peter Felleman
George Freiday
Mickey Frettoloso
Philip Gibson
Rex Golightly
Albert Goodwyn
Dennis Goza
John Grimes
Paul Grosvenor
Philippe Henry
Willard Holden
Mark Huelsmann
Richard Hughes
Don Jack
Steve Jacobs
John R. Janonis
Richard Jones
Julius Karoblis
Joe Kelley
John Kovacs
Jay Lanahan
Robert Leonard
Ralph Ludascher
Roger Marquardt
Gerry Marquis
Donald Martin
Ramon