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 Seattle, WA Venue Seattle Civic Auditorium Season 1941 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master Giacomo Spadoni Cast Manon Lescaut Grace Moore Chevalier des Grieux Raoul Jobin Lescaut, Manon's cousin John Brownlee Count des Grieux Lorenzo Alvary Guillot de Morfontaine, a roué Anthony Marlowe De Brétigny, a nobleman George Cehanovsky Poussette Christina Carroll Javotte Wilma Spence Rosette Alice Avakian Maid Margaret Ritter Innkeeper Karl Laufkötter First Guard Robert Ballagh Second Guard Edward Wellman Show Dates Mon, Oct 6 1941, 8:15pm 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