Manon

Item

Record ID

1311

Identifier

90897

Genre

Opera

Work Title

Manon

Uniform Title

Manon

Program/Series Title

Metropolitan Opera Live in HD ; Great Performances at the Met

Composer

Massenet, Jules (1842-1912)

Text Author

Meilhac, Henri ; Gille, Philippe

Production Year

2019

Transmission/Release Date

2019-10-26 (Theater transmission) ; 2020-01-05 (PBS

Transmission/Release Year

2019

Transmitter/Outlet/Streaming Platform

Theater transmission / PBS

Conductor/Music Director

Benini, Maurizio

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera

Chorus/Choir

Metropolitan Opera

Soloists

Lisette Oropesa (Manon) ; Michael Fabiano (Des Grieux) ; Arthur Rucinski (Lescaut) ; Kwangchul Youn (Count des Grieux) ; Carlo Bossi (Guillot) ; Brett Polegato (Bretigny) ; Jacqueline Echols (Poussette) ; Maya Lahyani (Rosette)

Participants

Nadine Sierra (Host)

TV/Film Director

Halvorson, Gary

Stage Director

Pelly, Laurent (Production)

Sets

Thomas, Chantal

Costumes

Pelly, Laurent

Production Company

Metropolitan Opera Company, Inc.

Producer

Bongiovanni Mia ; Park, Elena (Supervising Producers) ; Briccetti, Louisa ; Warivonchik, Victoria (Producers)

Executive Producer

Gelb, Peter

Technical Information

HDTV

Other Information

Features: Sierra backstage interviews with Fabiano, Rucinski. and William Burger commenting on Manon. Sierra interview with prompter Joshua Green. Sierra with Hue He and video excerpt of upcoming Madama Butterfly. Time lapse video of staging four operas followed by Sierra and key Met staff involved with stage operations. Gelb interview with Oropesa. Sierra and producer Mia Bongoviani next to mobile van with video of TV production team. Funding pitch and preview of remaining HD season.

Duration

ca. 240'

Company

Metropolitan Opera

Sourcemat

DLCAT-397