Composer Jules Massenet Librettists Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille Based On the novel L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prévost Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1939 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master William Tyroler Cast Manon Lescaut Bidú Sayão Chevalier des Grieux Tito Schipa Lescaut, Manon's cousin Richard Bonelli Count des Grieux Norman Cordon Guillot Morfontaine, a roué André Ferrier De Brétigny, a nobleman George Cehanovsky Maid Margaret Ritter First Guard Max Edwards Second Guard Stanley Noonan Show Dates Sat, Nov 11 1939, 8:30pm Time and Place 1721; Amiens, Paris, Havre Scenes Act I -- Courtyard of an inn, Amiens Act II -- Boudoir, in Manon's House, Paris Act III -- Anteroom in Seminary of Saint Sulpice Act IV -- Gambling Salon, Hotel Transylvanie Act V -- Road to Havre