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
1944
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
Maid
First Guard
Second Guard
Show Dates
Broadcast
Live broadcast, Acts III and IV.
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_1944_11_compressed.pdf
(15.2 MB)
Notes
To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.
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10/22/1944, live broadcast, Acts III and IV, between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. over the Mutual Broadcasting System, sponsored by Safeway Stores.
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