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 1958 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Jean Fournet Stage Director(s) Enrico Frigerio Chorus Director Gianni Lazzari Choreographer Eugene Loring Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Manon Lescaut Leyla Gencer Chevalier des Grieux Richard Lewis Count des Grieux, his father Lorenzo Alvary Lescaut, Manon's cousin Louis Quilico Guillot Morfontaine, a roué Howard Fried De Brétigny, a nobleman John Gillaspy Poussette Sylvia Stahlman Javotte Joan Marie Moynagh Rosette Margot Blum Innkeeper Eugene Green Maid Pauline Pappas First Guard Robert Thomas Second Guard Harold Enns Attendant at St. Sulpice Max Lorenzini Sergeant Winther Andersen Show Dates Fri, Oct 17 1958, 8:30pm Time and Place 1721; Amiens, Paris, Havre Scenes Act I -- Courtyard of an inn, Amiens Act II, Scene 1 -- Boudoir in Manon's house, Paris Scene 2 -- Anteroom in Seminary of Saint Sulpice INTERMISSION Act III, Scene 1 -- Gambling Salon, Hotel Transylvanie Scene 2 -- Road to Le Havre Media Image Manon, Jules Massenet. San Francisco Opera, 1958. Photographer: Bill Cogan/San Francisco Opera. Leyla Gencer (Manon), Richard Lewis (Des Grieux), Louis Quilico (Lescaut) Credit Bill Cogan Dancers San Francisco Opera Corps de Ballet
Image Manon, Jules Massenet. San Francisco Opera, 1958. Photographer: Bill Cogan/San Francisco Opera. Leyla Gencer (Manon), Richard Lewis (Des Grieux), Louis Quilico (Lescaut) Credit Bill Cogan