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
1951
Language
French
Creative/Crew
Cast
Manon Lescaut
Chevalier des Grieux
Lescaut, Manon's cousin
Count des Grieux
Lorenzo Alvary(10/16)
Nicola Moscona(10/21)
Guillot Morfontaine, a roué
De Brétigny, a nobleman
Poussette
Javotte
Rosette
Innkeeper
Maid
First Guard
Second Guard
First Traveler
Second Traveler
Show Dates
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_1951_08_compressed.pdf
(6.44 MB)
Notes
To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT We again acknowledge with grateful appreciation the generously donated use of the Emporium auditorium and facilities for chorus rehearsals this year which meant both a great convenience and a substantial saving to the Opera Company. SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION