Composer
Librettists
Based On
the novel L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prévost
Company
San Francisco Opera Association Touring
Location
Portland, OR
Venue
Municipal Auditorium, Portland
Season
1941
Language
French
Creative/Crew
Cast
Manon Lescaut
Chevalier des Grieux
Lescaut, Manon's cousin
Count des Grieux
Guillot de Morfontaine, a roué
De Brétigny, a nobleman
Poussette
Javotte
Rosette
Maid
Innkeeper
First Guard
Second Guard
Show Dates
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
Notes
The Portland performance of "Manon" was actually San Francisco Opera's first performance of the 1941 season.