Organization

Singer

Baritone

Simon Mechliński

Lescaut

Tenor

Charles Castronovo

Chevalier des Grieux

Aleksander Zuchowicz

Guillot de Morfontaine

Mezzo-soprano

Aleksandra Opała

Javotte

Stage director

Waldemar Zawodzińki

Costume designer

Maria Balcerek

Set designer

Mariusz Godlewski

Jędrzej Tomczyk

Sergii Borzov

Monsieur de Brétigny

Conductor

Bassem Akiki

Tomasz Rudnicki

Dorota Dutkowska

Rosette

Choreographer

Janina Niesobska

Alexander Bardasau

Guard I

Bass

Marek Klimczak

The Innkeeper

Jakub Michalski

Count des Grieux

Soprano

Simona Mihai

Manon Lescaut

Hanna Sosnowska

Chorus master

Anna Grabowska-Borys

Dyrygent - Asystent

Rafał Karczmarczyk

Eric Fennell

Lighting designer

Grzegorz Szostak

Aleksandra Malisz

Poussette

Opera Wrocławska

Others

Choir of the Wroclaw Opera

Orchestra

Orkiestra Opery Wrocławskiej

Ballet

Balet Opery Wrocławskiej

Manon

Wrocław

Poland

Manon Massenet

Public

Approved

The prototype for "Manon" by Jules Massenet was the novel "Manon Lescaut" by Abbé Prévost, in which the author included many moments from his own life. An opera based on this novel was also written by Giacomo Puccini and Daniel Auber, but Massenet's work is most faithful to the original, only the ending has been changed. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille. The world premiere of "Manon" took place on January 14, 1884 at the Parisian Opéra Comique. The audience received the new opera with mixed feelings. The composer was accused of, inter alia, too much wagnerism in the musical layer, which was perceived badly in France in the 1880s. The work has withstood the test of criticism and began to be successfully performed on the world's largest opera houses.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble