Manon

Opera: Work details

Composer: Jules Massenet
Music title: Manon (1884)
Librettist: Henri Meilhac
Librettist: Philippe Gille
Work definition: Opéra comique in five acts
After: After the novel 'L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut' by Abbé Prévost
Language: French
World premiere: 19 January 1884, Opéra-Comique, Paris
ROH premiere: 19 May 1891, Royal Italian Opera
ROH company premiere: 30 January 1947, Covent Garden Opera Company, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Productions
Manon (1947) Covent Garden Opera Company (10 performances online)
Manon (1987) The Royal Opera (8 performances online)
Manon (2010) The Royal Opera (14 performances online)

Performances not linked to a production
19 July 2009 Matinee 3.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London