Opéra Bastille, Paris Massenet's Manon: Paris National Opera
Paris, Opéra Bastille — Main Auditorium
About the Event
Experience opera like never before in this astonishing performance of the masterwork by Massenet at the Paris National Opera.
The young Des Grieux falls in love with Manon, who is intended for the convent by her family. He kidnaps her and they both discover Paris, its libertines and its vertigo. Will their passion resist?
Beautiful and uncompromising, the vision by Vincent Huguet is sculpted by Dan Ettinger's passionate baton, at the head of the best performers. Such a project also requires an exceptional Manon: Pretty Yende and Sofia Fomina will share the title role.
Comic opera in five acts on a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based on the novel by Abbé Prévost, L'Histoire du chevalier Des Grieux and de Manon Lescaut.
Cast / Production
Conductor: Pierre Dumoussot
Staging: Vincent Huguet
Manon: Nadine Sierra (26, 29 May, 5, 6 June)
Amina Edris (9, 11, 14, 17, 20 June)
Des Grieux: Roberto Alagna (11, 14, 17 20 June) / Benjamin Bernheim (26, 29 May, 1, 6, 9 June)
Lescaut: Andrzej Filończyk
Le Comte des Grieux: Nicolas Cavallier
Guillot de Morfontaine: Nicholas Jones
De Brétigny: Régis Mengus
Poussette: Andrea Cueva Molnar
Javotte: Ilanah Lobel‐Torres
Rosette: Maria Warenberg
L'Hôtelier: Philippe Rouillon
Deux Gardes: Olivier Ayault, Laurent Laberdesque
Address
Opéra Bastille, Place de la Bastille, Paris, France — Google Maps
