MANON
Jules Massenet
October 3rd to 15th 2024
Sala Principal
MANON
Jules Massenet 1842-1912
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An opera in five acts and six scenes
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based upon the novel
by Abbé Prévost, Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut
Les Arts opens its season with a dreamy Manon in a production from
the Paris Opera. Set in the joyful, roaring 1920s by the
up-and-coming French director Vincent Huguet, it brings together
two great opera stars - Lisette Oropesa and Charles Castronovo -
under the baton of James Gaffigan. Oropesa is a queen of song. Her
presence alone fills the stage and enchants the audience with the
elegance of her singing and spectacular technique - the ideal
attributes for posting a "benchmark" Manon - like her performance
at the Metropolitan in 2019, her debut in this coveted role. Five
years later, she takes it up again at Les Arts. Her unhappy partner
on stage, Des Grieux, will be sung by the American tenor Charles
Castronovo, a regular performer at Covent Garden, La Scala, the Met
and the opera houses of Vienna, Paris and Berlin. They will be
accompanied by the baritone Carles Pachon as Lescaut.
October 2024 |
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| 03 | Thursday | 19:30 | |
| 06 | Sunday | 18:00 | |
| 09 | Wednesday | 18:00 | |
| 12 | Saturday | 19:00 | |
| 15 | Tuesday | 19:30 | |
Creative Team
Conductor
James Gaffigan
Stage director
Vincent Huguet
Set designer
Aurélie Maestre
Costume designer
Clémence Pernoud
Lighting designer
Christophe Forey
Choreography
Jean-François Kessler
Cast
Manon Lescaut
Lisette Oropesa
Lescaut
Carles Pachon
Le Chevalier des Grieux
Charles Castronovo
Le Comte Des Grieux
James Creswell
Guillot de Morfortaine
Jorge Rodríguez-Norton
Monsieur de Brétigny
Daniel Gallegos++
Poussette
Antonella Zanetti++
Javotte
Laura Fleur++
Rosette
Ester Ferraro
Sirvienta
Holly Brown++
L’Hôtelier
Max Hochmuth+
Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana
Chorus
master Francesc Perales
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
++Centre de
Perfeccionament
++Alumni del Centre de
Perfeccionament
Production from Opéra national de Paris
