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 Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1940 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master William Tyroler Cast Manon Lescaut Bidú Sayão Chevalier des Grieux Tito Schipa Lescaut, Manon's cousin John Brownlee Count des Grieux Lorenzo Alvary Guillot de Morfontaine, a roué Alessio De Paolis De Brétigny, a nobleman George Cehanovsky Maid Margaret Ritter First Guard Robert Ballagh Second Guard Stanley Noonan Show Dates Fri, Nov 1 1940, 8pm 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 Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1940_07_compressed.pdf (7.36 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------