50th Season
2005–2006
Manon Lescaut
Music by Giacomo Puccini
after Abbé Prévost’s Histoire de Manon Lescaut
Music by Giacomo Puccini
after Abbé Prévost’s Histoire de Manon Lescaut
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50th Season 2005–2006 |
Manon Lescaut Music by Giacomo Puccini after Abbé Prévost’s Histoire de Manon Lescaut |
Music Director: Matthias Kuntzsch, Stage
Director: David Ostwald
Set Design: Peter Crompton, Costume Design: Callie
Floor, Lighting
Design: Robert Ted Anderson
Act I
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Students and townspeople gather in the Town Square of Amiens. |
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Edmondo (Brian Thorsett) sings a toast to youth and dreams. |
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Manon’s brother (Daniel Cilli) is drawn to the gambling tables. |
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The Chevalier des Grieux (Gabriel Reoyo-Pazos) presents a bouquet to Manon (Paula Goodman Wilder). |
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Edmondo (Brian Thorsett) overhears Geronte di Ravoir (John Burton) bribing the innkeeper (Eric Wenburg) to bring his carriage around so that he can abduct Manon. |
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After Manon flees with Des Grieux, Lescaut (Daniel Cilli) reassures Geronte (John Burton) that Manon will soon tire of living on a poor student’s purse. |
Act II
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Assisted by her hairdresser (Greg Anderson), Manon (Paula Goodman Wilder) selects the perfect beauty mark—“The Temptress.” |
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Lescaut (Daniel Cilli) admires Manon’s (Olga Chernisheva) ensemble and declares it is her destiny to live in Geronte’s splendid rooms. |
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Manon (Paula Goodman Wilder) admits that though she adores living in this gilded alcove, she misses Des Grieux’s ardent kisses. |
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Lescaut (Daniel Cilli) tells Manon (Olga Chernisheva) that Des Grieux has started gambling in order to win enough money to convince Manon to return to him. |
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Manon (Olga Chernisheva) listens to a madrigal singer (Amy Bouchard) singing a madrigal composed by Geronte. |
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As the orchestra arrives, Lescaut (Igor Vieira) tells Manon (Paula Goodman Wilder) he is off to see Des Grieux. |
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Geronte (John Burton) arrives with his guests who present gifts to Manon (Paula Goodman Wilder). |
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The Dancing Master (Piet Van Allen) arrives to advise Manon (Paula Goodman Wilder) on the proper way to hold her body while dancing. |
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Geronte (John Burton) declares that Manon (Olga Chernisheva) drives him wild with desire. |
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Manon (Paula Goodman Wilder) asks Des Grieux (Gabriel Reoyo-Pazos) to forgive her for deserting him. |
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Des Grieux (Gabriel Reoyo-Pazos) and Manon (Paula Goodman Wilder) reaffirm their love. |
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Geronte (John Burton) returns and confronts Manon (Paula Goodman Wilder) who declares she is destined for happiness with Des Grieux (Gabriel Reoyo-Pazos). |
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Delayed by Manon’s reluctance to leave her jewels behind, Manon (Paula Goodman Wilder) and Des Grieux (Gabriel Reoyo-Pazos) are surprised by the soldiers sent by Geronte to arrest Manon. |
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Des Grieux (Gabriel Reoyo-Pazos) and Lescaut (Igor Vieira) are unable to prevent the Sergeant (John Dalton Frederick) and his soldiers from taking Manon (Paula Goodman Wilder) to prison. |
Act III
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Des Grieux (Gabriel Reoyo-Pazos) tries to comfort Manon (Paula Goodman Wilder) through the prison bars. |
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The Sergeant (John Dalton Fredrick) announces tha names of the women being deported, including Manon (Paula GoodmanWilder) being comforted by Des Grieux (Gabriel Reoyo-Pazos). |
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Des Grieux (Gabriel Reoyo-Pazos) pleads with the Captain (Eric Wenburg) to take him aboard as Cabin Boy so that he can be deported with Manon (Paula Goodman Wilder). |
Act IV
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Des Grieux (Gabriel Reoyo-Pazos) and Manon (Paula Goodman Wilder) find themselves in a vast arid plain. |
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Manon (Paula Goodman Wilder) and Des Grieux (Gabriel Reoyo-Pazos) bemoan their fate. |
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Weakened by prison life and dehydration, Manon (Olga Chernisheva) collapses and is supported by Des Grieux (Percy Martinez). |
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As she dies, Manon (Olga Chernisheva) tells Des Grieux (Percy Martinez) that her faults perish with her, but her love will never die. |
