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
1954
Language
French
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Chorus Director
Choreography by
Cast
Manon Lescaut
Dorothy Kirsten(9/28)
Rosanna Carteri(10/3)
Chevalier des Grieux
Count des Grieux, his father
Lorenzo Alvary(9/28)
Nicola Moscona(10/3)
Lescaut, Manon's cousin
Guillot Morfontaine, a roué
De Brétigny, a nobleman
Poussette
Javotte
Rosette
Innkeeper
Maid
First Guard
Second Guard
First Traveler
Second Traveler
Attendant at St. Sulpice
Sergeant
Dancer(s)
(see notes)
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, Scene 1 -- Cours La Reine
Scene 2 -- Anteroom in Seminary of Saint Sulpice
Act IV, Scene 1 -- Gambling Salon, Hotel Transylvanie
Scene 2 -- Road to Havre
Document
SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1954_09_compressed.pdf
(8.27 MB)
Notes
To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.
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Principal dancers:
Nancy Johnson
Sally Bailey
Gordon Paxman
Conrad Ludlow
Danseuses Etoiles:
Nancy Johnson
Sally Bailey
Premiers Danseurs:
Gordon Paxman
Conrad Ludlow
Maitre de Ballet:
Ron Ross
Corps de Ballet:
Bene Arnold
Christine Bering
Lorene Batchelor
Gloria Cancilla
Constance Coler
Fiona Fuerstner
Louise Lawler
Virginia Johnson