Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut

Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Lyrical drama in four acts by Giacomo Puccini
composed between summer 1889 and October 1892
on a libretto by Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa and Marco Praga,
based on The History of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut (1731) by Abbé Prévost,
from a sketch by Ruggero Leoncavallo and with a complement by Domenico Oliva,
premiered on February 1, 1893 at the Teatro Regio in Turin

Director: Davide Livermore
Set design: Davide Livermore and Giò Forma
Costumes: Giusi Giustino
Lights: Nicolas Bovey
Video: D-WOK

Manon Lescaut: Liudmyla Monastyrska
Lescaut: David Bižić
He rides Renato Des Grieux: Gregory Kunde
His double (silent role): Albert Muntanyola
Geronte di Ravoir: Carlos Chausson
Edmondo: Mikeldi Atxalandabaso
The host: Marc Pujol
The ball maestro: José Manuel Zapata
A musician: Carol García
A sergeant: Michael Borth
A lamp: Jordi Casanova
A commander: David Sánchez

Orchestra and Choirs of the Gran Teatre deI Liceu
Musical direction: Emmanuel Villaume