Manon [Opéra national de Paris]

The read

It runs long at 3h 33m.

Synopsis

“Manon is like any person who, strolling down the street one day, glances up at a second-story window and catches a glimpse of a different life,” explains Vincent Huguet about his staging of Massenet’s Manon, “a life that she suddenly desires ardently … and will do anything to have.” In his update of Prévost’s famous novel, Huguet demonstrates, with empathy and acuity, that Manon’s tale could really be anyone’s.

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Key crew

• Vincent HuguetDirector

Cast

• Pretty YendeManon
• Benjamin BernheimLe Chevalier des Grieux
• Ludovic TézierLescaut
• Roberto TagliaviniLe Comte des Grieux
• Rodolphe BriandGuillot de Morfontaine
• Pierre DoyenBrétigny
• Cassandre BerthonPoussette
• Alix Le SauxJavotte
• Jeanne IrelandRosette

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