Manon [Opéra national de Paris]

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.

Cast

Pretty Yende

Manon

N/A

Benjamin Bernheim

Le Chevalier des Grieux

Ludovic Tézier

Lescaut

Roberto Tagliavini

Le Comte des Grieux

Rodolphe Briand

Guillot de Morfontaine

N/A

Pierre Doyen

Brétigny

N/A

Cassandre Berthon

Poussette

N/A

Alix Le Saux

Javotte

N/A

Jeanne Ireland

Rosette