2019–20 SEASON

Manon Lescaut

MUSIC BY GIACOMO PUCCINI

The early opera that skyrocketed Puccini to success, Manon Lescaut brings Italian passion to the tale of a young woman’s conflicted search for satisfaction. Too easily seduced by luxury, Manon leaves her true love for a wealthy older man only to realize her childish mistake …but it may be too late.

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Sung in Italian with English supertitles

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RUNNING TIME

Approximately 3 hours including two intermissions

WHO SHOULD SEE IT

Fans of the glitz and glam in Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge, Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette and Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

FOUND IN SERIES

Full Series: A, D*, R/R+RBW*, G, J, M
Half Series: B, F*, T*, I, L, N
Out of Town: OOT4, OOT5, OOT6
*Best Value Series

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Friday	11/08/19	7:30PM
Wednesday	11/13/19	7:30PM *
Saturday	11/16/19	7:30PM
Wednesday	11/20/19	7:30PM *
Sunday	11/24/19	2:00PM *
Tuesday	11/26/19	7:30PM

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* OperaVision, HD video projection screens featured in the Balcony level for this performance, is made possible by the Koret/Taube Media Suite.

THE BUZZ

“It is emotionally real, crushingly so… I left the opera house shaken.”
—The Mercury News

“You could listen to [Lianna Haroutounian] singing Puccini’s music all night long, and marvel at the beauty, precision and power that she packed into every measure of the performance.”
—The San Francisco Chronicle

Brian Jagde “has a pliant tone, pinging accuracy, stamina, shading and an astounding ability to make the voice grow throughout a phrase. What a voice… Keep your ears on Jagde.”
—The Guardian

Synopsis

A young beauty forsakes true love for material luxury only to become ensnared by a desire to have both.

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CAST AND CREATIVE

CAST

Manon Lescaut	Lianna Haroutounian
Chevalier des Grieux	Brian Jagde
Chevalier des Grieux	Rafael Davila ^*1
Lescaut	Anthony Clark Evans
Geronte	Eric Halfvarson

PERFORMANCES

Nov 8, 13, 16, 20, 24, 26

CREATIVE

Conductor	Nicola Luisotti
Director	Olivier Tambosi
Production Designer	Frank Philipp Schlössmann
Lighting Designer	Duane Schuler
Chorus Director	Ian Robertson

* San Francisco Opera debut

¹ Nov 26

Lyric Opera of Chicago production.

Previous performances of Manon Lescaut can be found in our Archive.

MADE POSSIBLE BY

John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn; Burgess and Elizabeth Jamieson; the Edmund W. and Jeannik Méquet Littlefield Fund; Bernard and Barbro Osher; Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem; and Joan and David Traitel.

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