Kenneth MacMillan’s source for Manon was the 18th-century French novel by Abbé Prévost, already adapted for opera by Massenet and Puccini.
MacMillan’s spectacular ensemble scenes for the whole Company create vivid, complex portraits of the distinct societies of Paris and New Orleans. But it is Manon and Des Grieux’s impassioned pas de deux – recalling the intensity of MacMillan’s earlier Romeo and Juliet – that drive this tragic story, and make Manon one of MacMillan’s most powerful dramas.
Conductor: Martin Yates. Main Performers: Sarah Lamb, Vadim Muntagirov, Ryoichi Hirano
Please note that Manon contains scenes of an adult nature, including sexual violence.
The performance lasts about 2 hours 35 minutes, including two intervals.
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