Organization

Singer

Soprano

Lisette Oropesa

Manon Lescaut

Tenor

Michael Fabiano

Chevalier des Grieux

Carlo Bosi

Guillot de Morfontaine

Baritone

Artur Rucinski

Lescaut

Brett Polegato

Monsieur de Brétigny

Bass

Kwangchul Youn

Count des Grieux

Jacqueline Echols

Poussette

Mezzo-soprano

Laura Krumm

Javotte

Maya Lahyani

Rosette

Paul Corona

The Innkeeper

Mario Bahg

Guard I

Jeongcheol Cha

Edyta Kulczak

The Maid

Conductor

Maurizio Benini

Stage director

Laurent Pelly

Christian Räth

Set designer

Chantal Thomas

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Joël Adam

Choreographer

Lionel Hoche

The Metropolitan Opera

Others

Metropolitan Opera Choir

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

French

Manon

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

Ever since graduating from the Met’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, Lisette Oropesa has had a meteoric career around the world, excelling in some of the pinnacles of the soprano repertoire. During the 2019–20 season, she returned to the Met stage to star in her largest role with the company to date, the irresistible heroine of Massenet’s Manon. As the young ingénue, Oropesa delivers a stunning performance, marked by brilliant coloratura, melting lyricism, and enchanting stage presence. Recorded as part of the Met’s Live in HD series of cinema transmissions, this performance also features tenor Michael Fabiano as the impetuous Chevalier des Grieux and baritone Artur Ruciński as Lescaut. Maurizio Benini is on the podium to lead one of the most passionate scores in the French operatic repertoire.

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English

German

Spanish

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Manon: Trailer

The noblemen de Brétigny and Guillot de Morfontaine are having dinner with three young women—Poussette, Javotte, and Rosette—at an inn in Amiens. People gather for the arrival of the coach to Paris, among them Lescaut. He is waiting for his young cousin Manon, who is on her way to enter a convent. The coach arrives and Manon expresses her exuberant joy about her first journey away from home. Enchanted by her, Guillot offers to take Manon to Paris, but she and his companions laugh at him. Lescaut reproaches Manon for her behavior, which could shame their family. Manon gazes with envy at the elegant clothes of the other girls. The young Chevalier des Grieux arrives too late to catch the coach, which has already left for Paris. He falls in love with Manon at first sight, and when she tells him that it is her fondness for pleasure that has led her family to send her to a convent, he is determined to rescue her from such a fate. They escape together in Guillot’s coach. The returning Lescaut furiously accuses Guillot of having kidnapped his cousin, but then learns from the innkeeper that Manon went off with a young man. Guillot, mocked by everyone, swears revenge on the eloping couple.

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