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 Pasadena, CA Venue Pasadena Civic Auditorium Season 1958 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Jean Fournet Stage Director(s) Enrico Frigerio Chorus Director Gianni Lazzari Choreographer Eugene Loring Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Manon Lescaut Leyla Gencer Chevalier des Grieux Richard Lewis Count des Grieux, his father Lorenzo Alvary Lescaut, Manon's cousin Louis Quilico Guillot Morfontaine, a roué Howard Fried De Brétigny, a nobleman John Gillaspy Poussette Sylvia Stahlman Javotte Joan Marie Moynagh Rosette Margot Blum Innkeeper Eugene Green Maid Pauline Pappas First Guard Robert Thomas Second Guard Harold Enns Attendant at St. Sulpice James Wagner Sergeant Winther Andersen Show Dates Sun, Nov 2 1958, 8:30pm Time and Place 1721; Amiens, Paris, Havre Scenes Act I -- Courtyard of an inn, Amiens Act II, Scene 1 -- Boudoir in Manon's house, Paris Scene 2 -- Anteroom in Seminary of Saint Sulpice Act III, Scene 1 -- Gambling Salon, Hotel Transylvanie Scene 2 -- Road to Le Havre Notes Presented by Elmer Wilson Corps de Ballet Major intermission after Act II