Manon [Opéra national de Paris]

Release Date: 2020-09-10

Overview: “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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Cast

Pretty Yende

as Manon

Benjamin Bernheim

as Le Chevalier des Grieux

Ludovic Tézier

as Lescaut

Roberto Tagliavini

as Le Comte des Grieux

Rodolphe Briand

as Guillot de Morfontaine