Manon Lescaut
Running Time: 2 hours 35 minutes intermission included
Teatro alla Scala Chorus and Orchestra
Teatro alla Scala New Production
The Premiere on 31 March will be live broadcast on RAI-Radio3. A recorded performance will be broadcast on 11 April on Rai5 Tv.
FIRST AND SECOND ACT 75 minutes / Intermission 30 minutes / THIRD AND FOURTH ACT 50 minutes
| Conductor | Riccardo Chailly |
| Staging | David Pountney |
| Sets | Leslie Travers |
| Costumes | Marie-Jeanne Lecca |
| Choreography | Denni Sayers |
| Lights | Fabrice Kebour |
CAST |
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|---|---|
| Manon | Maria José Siri |
| Lescaut | Massimo Cavalletti |
| Des Grieux |
Marcelo Álvarez (31 March; 16, 19, 27 April) Roberto Aronica (3, 6, 9, 13, 24 April) |
| Geronte | Carlo Lepore |
| Edmondo / Dance Master / Lamplighter |
Marco Ciaponi (31 March; 3, 6, 9, 16, 19, 27 April) Alessandro Scotto Di Luzio (13, 24 April) |
| L'Oste | Emanuele Cordaro |
| Un Musico | Alessandra Visentin |
| Sergente degli arcieri | Daniele Antonangeli |
| Un Comandante di Marina | Gianluca Breda |
| Musici | Barbara Lavarian, Roberta Salvati (first sopranos) Silvia Spruzzola (second soprano) Julija Samsonova, Maria Miccoli (altos) |
2 April
Due to an acute bronchitis Marcelo Alvarez has to withdraw from 3, 6 and 9 April's performances. The role of Des Grieux will be performed by Roberto Aronica.
NOTES ON THE PERFORMANCE
Born of his passion for Puccini, Riccardo Chailly’s journey through historic operas revisited in the light of contemporary musicological research features an exciting new entry. Following the premiere of Turandot with a new finale by Luciano Berio, La fanciulla del West with its original orchestration and the first version of Madama Butterfly, this season the earliest version of Manon Lescaut – which debuted in Turin in 1893 – comes to the stage of La Scala. Standing out among the many differences is the final concertato of the first act, omitted from the opera before its 1894 premiere at La Scala, in which Puccini shows off his stunning orchestral virtuosity.
