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
1958
Language
French
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Chorus Director
Choreographer
Costumers
Cast
Manon Lescaut
Chevalier des Grieux
Count des Grieux, his father
Lescaut, Manon's cousin
Guillot Morfontaine, a roué
De Brétigny, a nobleman
Poussette
Javotte
Rosette
Innkeeper
Maid
First Guard
Second Guard
Attendant at St. Sulpice
Sergeant
Show Dates
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