Admin

National Theatre Prague

Regissör

Regissör (+1)

Sláva Daubnerová

Scenograf

Juraj Kuchárek

Kostym designer

Tereza Kopecká

Ljus designer

Ljus designer (+2)

Daniel Tesař

Dramaturg

Jitka Slavíková

Orchestra

Ópera Checa de Praga

Koreograf

Koreograf (+2)

Jan Adam

Státní Opera Praha (The State Opera)

Sopran (+1)

Ghiulnara Raileanu

Manon Lescaut

Petra Šimková Alvarez

Baryton (+3)

Lukáš Bařák

Lescaut

Csaba Kotlár

Tenor

Peter Berger

Kavaljer Renato Des Grieux

Tenor (+1)

Milen Bozhkov

Bas (+3)

Jiří Sulženko

Geronte di Ravoir

Bas-baryton (+3)

František Zahradníček

Tenor (+2)

Martin Šrejma

Edmondo

Tenor (+4)

Daniel Matoušek

Ivo Hrachovec

En sergeant vid bågskyttarna

Roman Vocel

Värden

Josef Moravec

En lamptändare

Vít Šantora

Balettmästaren

Mezzosopran (+4)

Michaela Zajmi

En musiker

Mezzosopran (+3)

Kateřina Jalovcová

Chorus

State Opera Chorus

Ballet

National Theatre Narodni Opera Ballet

Körledare

Adolf Melichar

Repetitör

Pianist (+3)

Silvia Magagni

Assisterande kapellmästare

Dirigent (+1)

Maria Fuller

Körledare (+1)

Anna Novotná-Pešková

Zuzana Kadlčíková

Assistent Scenregissör

Marie Anna Valíčková

Dirigent

Dirigent (+3)

Simone Di Felice

Bas (+2)

Oleg Korotkov

En kapten vid flottan

A life with the wealthy Geronte would offer the pretty Manon luxury, yet it would be devoid of passion. And great passion is what Manon enjoys with the poverty-stricken Chevalier Renato des Grieux. She must make a choice. Failing to do so is fateful for her …

The 1893 opera Manon Lescaut was Giacomo Puccini’s first triumph. Abounding in splendid melodies, the music renders intense emotions, from fervid love in the duet between Des Grieux and Manon in Act 2 to crushing despair of the lonesome Manon in the aria “Sola, perduta, abbandonata”.

The libretto is based on Abbé Prévost’s novel Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux, et de Manon Lescaut, issued in 1731 in Paris. Puccini was mesmerised by the book, yet his publisher, Ricordi, tried to dissuade him from setting it, pointing out that the story had already been adapted as an opera, Jules Massenet’s wildly popular Manon. Puccini, however, stuck to his guns, reasoning that “a woman like Manon can have more than one lover”.

Despite its difficult gestation (the text was patched together by five librettists), he created an opera whose premiere, on 1 February 1893 in Turin, enraptured the audience and critics alike. Puccini’s Manon Lescaut received its first performance in Bohemia on 24 April 1894 at the National Theatre in Prague. The Neues deutsches Theater (today’s State Opera) followed suit on 1 November 1923, with the production conducted by Alexander Zemlinsky, who at the time served as director of its opera company.

Manon lescaut

Medverkande

Manon Lescaut

Lescaut

Il Cavaliere Renato des Grieux

Geronte di Ravoir

Edmondo

Sergente degli arcieri

L'oste

Un lampionaio

Il maestro di ballo

Un musico

Il Comandante di Marina

Besättning

Regissör

Assistent Scenregissör

Dirigent

Assisterande kapellmästare

Scenograf

Kostym designer

Körledare

Ljus designer

Koreograf

Dramaturg

Repetitör

Instrumentation

Producent

Producent

Ensemble

Orkester

Kör

Balett eller dansgrupp

Medproducent

Utvalda videoklipp

Foton

Angående

Kompositör

Beskrivning

Produktionssynopsis