Libretto
Henri Meilhac und Philippe Gille (nach Abbé Prevost)
Premiere
19 January 1884, Paris (Opéra Comique)
Cast
MANON LESCAUT (soprano)
LE CHEVALIER DES GRIEUX (tenor)
LESCAUT (baritone)
LE COMTE DES GRIEUX (bass)
GUILLOT DE MORFONTAINE (tenor)
DE BRETIGNY (baritone)
POUSSETTE (soprano)
JAVOTTE (soprano)
ROSETTE (mezzo-soprano)
INNKEEPER (bass-bouffe)
TWO GUARDS (tenor)
CHORUS
elegant society, citizens of Amiens and Paris, travellers, porters, postilions, merchants, churchgoers, gamblers, cardsharpers, croupiers
Place
Time
early 18th century