Massenet
Manon
“For Manon I could have given up my hopes of heaven itself,” declares her lover des Grieux—after utterly ruining himself for her and following her into a destitute exile in an alien country. In Massenet’s adaptation of Abbé Prévost’s novel, Anna Moffo is a perfect Manon—beautiful, enticing, and offering the promise of pleasure that makes everything else fade into insignificance. The great Nicolai Gedda sings her enthralled lover. Thomas Schippers conducts the glittering, sumptuous score that brings to life the story from its heady beginning to its heart-wrenching end.
Full SynopsisPerformance Info
Performance Date
Dec 21, 1963
Composer
Jules Massenet
Librettist
Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille
Run Time
2 HRS 15 MIN
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus