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 1951 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Fausto Cleva Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Manon Lescaut Bidú Sayão Chevalier des Grieux Frans Vroons Lescaut, Manon's cousin Francesco Valentino Count des Grieux Lorenzo Alvary Guillot Morfontaine, a roué Alessio De Paolis De Brétigny, a nobleman George Cehanovsky Poussette Lois Hartzell Javotte Yvonne Chauveau Rosette Eileen Baldwin Innkeeper Colin Harvey Maid Sherrill Lanyon First Guard Winther Andersen Second Guard Max Lorenzini First Traveler Leona Hurd Second Traveler Sybil Louise Knapp Show Dates Fri, Nov 2 1951, 8pm 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