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
1937
Language
French
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Chorus Master
Settings designed by
Cast
Manon Lescaut
Chevalier des Grieux
Lescaut, Manon's cousin
Count des Grieux
Guillot Morfontaine, a roué
De Brétigny, a nobleman
Poussette
Javotte
Rosette
Maid
Innkeeper
First Guard
Second Guard
Show Dates
Broadcast
Live broadcast, Acts II and 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 -- Gambling Salon, Hotel Transylvanie
Act V -- Road to Havre
Media
Document
SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1937_09_compressed.pdf
(7.73 MB)
Notes
To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.
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11/10/1937, live broadcast, Acts II and III: "Manon, Acts II and III: Vina Bovy (Manon), Rene Maison (des Grieux), Richard Bonelli, Norman Cordon, George Cehanovsky; Pietro Cimini."