Composer
Librettists
Based On
the novel L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prévost
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1933
Language
French
Creative/Crew
Cast
Manon Lescaut
Chevalier des Grieux
Lescaut, Manon's cousin
Count des Grieux
Guillot Morfontaine, a roué
De Brétigny, a nobleman
Pousette
Javotte
Rosette
Maid
Innkeeper
First Guard
Second Guard
Show Dates
Broadcast
Live broadcast, Act III.
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 -- Hotel of Transylvanie
Act V -- Road to Havre
Media
Document
SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1933_07_compressed.pdf
(3.13 MB)
Notes
To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.
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11/28/1933, live broadcast, Act III. "Manon, Act III (9:30–10 pm): Lucrezia Bori (Manon), Dino Borgioli (Des Grieux), Alfredo Gandolfi (Lescaut); Wilfrid Pelletier. The St. Sulpice scene is broadcast nationwide by NBC, and the signal was also released to KPO, who carried it live. The performance was Bori’s Company debut and the only radio broadcast of the season."