WBO
50th Season
2005–2006
Manon Lescaut
Music by Giacomo Puccini
after Abbé Prévost’s Histoire de Manon Lescaut

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first performed February 1, 1893, at the Teatro Regio, Turin
West Bay Opera première

Five Performances
Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto
(in Italian with English supertitles)
Conductor: Matthias Kuntzsch
Stage Director: David Ostwald
Saturday, February 18, 2006 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, February 19, 2006 at 2:00 PM
Friday, February 24, 2006 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, February 25, 2006 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, February 26, 2006 at 2:00 PM

Program

  

One man offers her passionate love, others a life of luxury. Manon cannot decide until it is too late. Puccini’s first masterpiece overflows with lavish spectacle, searing emotion, and glorious melody.

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