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Giacomo Puccini
Manon Lescaut
23 Sep, 26 - 11 Oct, 26
New production of the Teatro Real
Nicola Luisotti
Carlos Wagner
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real
Manon Lescaut, Giacomo Puccini’s third opera and his first big success, arrives at the Real in a production by Carlos Wagner that explores the darkness and intensity of this tragic love story. Conducted by Nicola Luisotti, the production will feature the outstanding voices of Sondra Radvanovsky and Saioa Hernández in the title role with Brian Jadge, Michael Fabiano, Jorge de León, Lucas Meachem o Szymon Mechliński, among others.
This is a very special Italian opera with the most demanding tenor part the composer ever wrote, making each scene both a dramatic and a vocal challenge.
Dramma lirico in four acts.
Music by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Libretto by Domenico Oliva y Luigi Illica, after Antoine-François Prévost’s novel L’histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut (1731)
Premiered at Teatro Regio (Turin) on 1 february 1893.
Premiered at at Teatro Real on 4 november 1893.
New production of the Teatro Real, in co-production with the Oper Kóln.
Artistic Team
- Musical conductor Nicola Luisotti
- Stage Director Carlos Wagner
- Set designer Franck Philipp Schlößmann
- Costumes Jon Morrell
- Iluminator Nicol Hungsberg
- Chorus Conductor José Luis Basso
- Orchestra Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real
Cast
Italian
English, Spanish
Synopsis and more information
Manon Lescaut tells the story of a young French girl, Manon, who is sent to a convent by her family but who, on the way, meets the Chevalier des Grieux. They fall passionately in love and decide to run away together to Paris. However, Manon soon tires of their simple life without luxuries and she gives in to the temptation of wealth, leaving des Grieux to become the lover of the rich man Geronte.
The desperate des Grieux manages to find Manon again and she confesses she still loves him. They plan to escape together, but Geronte discovers them and accuses Manon of theft. The young woman is arrested and sentenced to be transported to Louisiana. Des Grieux is determined not to lose Manon and follows her to America.
In the final act, in a desert near New Orleans, Manon and des Grieux try to run away, but, sick and exhausted, she dies in her lover’s arms, lamenting her destiny and her ambition. Des Grieux is left distraught, weeping over Manon’s body.
Releases
Protective Friend
13 July
2026Supporter and Benefactor Friend
14 July
2026Patron friends
15 July
2026Subscribers friend
16 July
2026Tickets on sale
17 July
2026Performances
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23 September 2026
19:30
Main Auditorium
24 September 2026
19:30
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26 September 2026
19:30
Main Auditorium
27 September 2026
19:30
Main Auditorium
29 September 2026
19:30
Main Auditorium
30 September 2026
19:30
Main Auditorium
02 October 2026
19:30
Main Auditorium
03 October 2026
19:30
Main Auditorium
05 October 2026
19:30
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06 October 2026
19:30
Main Auditorium
08 October 2026
19:30
Main Auditorium
09 October 2026
19:30
Main Auditorium
11 October 2026
18:00
Main Auditorium
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