Opera

Giacomo Puccini

Manon Lescaut

23 Sep, 26 - 11 Oct, 26

New production of the Teatro Real

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Musical conductor
Nicola Luisotti

Stage direction
Carlos Wagner

Chorus and Orchestra
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real

Total approximate running time 2 h 35 min

Due to health reasons, Saioa Hernández has had to cancel her appearances in the performances on the 3^rd and 6^thof October. The role of Manon Lescaut will be performed by Sondra Radvanovsky on the 3^rd and 6^th of October, and by Carolina López Moreno on the 5^th of October.

Due to health reasons, Brian Jadge has had to cancel his appearance in this production. His role, The Chevalier Renato des Grieux, will be played by Michael Fabiano and Jorge de León on the dates specified in the Cast and Performances sections of this page.

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 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.

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Artistic Team

Musical conductor Nicola Luisotti
Stage Director Carlos Wagner
Set designer Frank Philipp Schlössmann
Costumes Jon Morrell
Lighting Nicol Hungsberg
Chorus Conductor José Luis Basso
Orchestra Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real

Cast

Manon Lescaut Sondra Radvanovsky Sep - 23, 26, 29Oct - 02, 03, 06, 08, 11

Manon Lescaut Saioa Hernández Sep - 24, 27, 30Oct - 09

Manon Lescaut Carolina López Moreno Oct - 05

Lescaut Lucas Meachem Sep - 23, 26, 29Oct - 02, 05, 08, 11

Lescaut Szymon Mechliński Sep - 24, 27, 30Oct - 03, 06, 09

The Chevalier Renato des Grieux Michael Fabiano Sep - 23, 26, 29Oct - 02, 05, 08, 11

The Chevalier Renato des Grieux Jorge de León Sep - 24, 27, 30Oct - 03, 06, 09

Geronte di Ravoir Pietro Spagnoli Sep - 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30Oct - 02, 03, 05, 06, 08, 09, 11

Edmondo Alejandro del Cerro Sep - 23, 26, 29Oct - 02, 05, 08, 11

Edmondo Albert Casals Sep - 24, 27, 30Oct - 03, 06, 09

The Innkeeper / A Naval Captain Javier Castañeda Sep - 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30Oct - 02, 03, 05, 06, 08, 09, 11

A singer Mercedes Gancedo Sep - 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30Oct - 02, 03, 05, 06, 08, 09, 11

The Dancing Master / The Lamplighter Mikeldi Atxalandabaso Sep - 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30Oct - 02, 03, 05, 06, 08, 09, 11

Sergeant of the Royal Archers Javier Franco Sep - 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30Oct - 02, 03, 05, 06, 08, 09, 11

Language

Italian

Surtitles in

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.

Artistic information

Creative team

Musical conductor Nicola Luisotti

Stage Director Carlos Wagner

Set designer Frank Philipp Schlössmann

Costumes Jon Morrell

Lighting Nicol Hungsberg

Chorus Conductor José Luis Basso

Orchestra Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real

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