Hear Jules Massenet's "Manon" on Classical IPR on Saturday at 1 p.m.
An opéra comique based on the 1731 novel 'L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut" by the Abbé Prévost, this score features arias such as 'Adieu notre petite table' and 'Je marche sur tous les chemins'.
Follow the complex character of Manon as she navigates the world of the French Regency—a period struggling between the old ways of the past and a new world offering plentiful promises of freedom.
Manon as a character has been compared in strength to those such as Cleopatra, Salome or Carmen.
This production is being presented by the Gran Teatre del Liceu Opera in Barcelona under the baton of Marc Minkowski.
COMPOSER: Jules Massenet
LIBRETTO: Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille
CAST:
Manon Lescault: Amina Edris
Le Chevalier des Grieux: Pene Pati
Lescaut, Manon’s Cousin: Jarrett Ott
Le Comte des Grieux: Jean-Vincent Blot
Guillot de Morfontaine: Albert Casals
Monsieur de Brétigny: Tomeu Bibiloni
Innkeeper: Pau Armengol
ENSEMBLE: Gran Teatre del Liceu Orchestra and Chorus
CHORUS DIRECTOR: Pablo Assante
CONDUCTOR: Marc Minkowski
Approx. Length: 2 Hours and 45 Minutes