Manon Lescaut

Opera: Work details

Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Music title: Manon Lescaut (1893)
Librettist: Domenico Oliva
Librettist: Luigi Illica
Work definition: Dramma lirico in four acts
After: After the novel 'L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut' by Abbé Prévost
Language: Italian
World premiere: 1 February 1893, Teatro Regio, Turin
ROH premiere: 14 May 1894, Sir Augustus Harris Opera Company
ROH company premiere: 27 November 1968, The Royal Opera, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Productions
Manon Lescaut (1968) The Royal Opera (1 performance online)
Manon Lescaut (1983) The Royal Opera (5 performances online)
Manon Lescaut (2014) The Royal Opera (14 performances online)

Performances not linked to a production
25 February 2015 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London