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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
2019-2020
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Director
Production Designer
Lighting Designer
Choreographer
Chorus Director
Assistant Conductor
Prompter
Musical Preparation
Diction
Supertitles
Assistant Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Assistant Stage Manager(s)
Costume Supervisor
Wig and Makeup

Cast

Chevalier des Grieux
Innkeeper
Geronte de Ravoir
Manon Lescaut
Singer
Dancing Master
Sergeant
Lamplighter
Sergeant of the Archers
Naval Captain

Show Dates

Time and Place

Early 18th Century, France

Scenes

ACT I: Courtyard of an Inn at Amiens
INTERMISSION
ACT II: A Luxurious Bedroom in Geronte's House in Paris
INTERMISSION
INTERMEZZO
ACT III: The Harbor of Le Havre
ACT IV: A Barren Wasteland in Louisiana

Media

Sponsors

This production is made possible, in part, by John A. & Cynthia Fry Gunn.

This production is made possible, in part, by Burgess & Elizabeth Jamieson.

This production is made possible, in part, by the Edmund W. & Jeannik Méquet Littlefield Fund.

This production is made possible, in part, by Bernard & Barbro Osher.

Anthony Clark Evans' appearance is made possible by the Jan Shrem & Maria Manetti Shrem Emerging Stars Fund.

Nicola Luisotti's appearance is made possible by the Jan Shrem & Maria Manetti Shrem Conductors Fund.

Brian Jagde's appearance is made possible by a gift to the Great Singers Fund by Joan & David Traitel.

Lianna Haroutounian's appearance is made possible by a gift to the Great Singers Fund by Joan & David Traitel.

Additional support provided by Romana D. Bracco.

Additional support provided by Eva K. Breyer.

Additional support provided by Lawrence A. Kern.

Notes

Lyric Opera of Chicago production.

Students, Townspeople, Singers, Dancers, Sailors, Soldiers, Courtesans, Ladies, Gentlemen, and Police Guards

SUPERNUMERARIES:
Susan Anderson-Norby
Bruce Bowen
Mark Burstein
James Crow
Maria Dulmage
Marissa Israel
Andrew Korniej
Lynn Meinhardt
Heidi Munzinger
Frankie Reichman
Cole Richardson-Beatty
Paul Romito
Jen Rost
Pablo Sanfrancisco
Jessica Smith
Doug Spradlin
Paige Tagliafico
Kimberly Thompson
Miles Walls
Carolyn Waugh
Irving Wiltshire
Laurel Winzler
Yasmin Yamat