25th October

Concert will begin at 17:55 hours GMT

Massenet's 'Manon' with Bakanova, Ayan, Bürger and Scandiuzzi from Turin

Massenet's 'Manon' is an opera in five acts to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based on the 1731 novel L’histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by the Abbé Prévost. De Brétigny, a nobleman, has just arrived, in the company of Guillot, an aging rake who is the Minister of Finance, along with three flirtatious young actresses. While the innkeeper is serving dinner to the party, the townspeople collect to witness the arrival of the coach from Arras. Among them is Lescaut, a guardsman, who tells his comrades that he plans to meet a kinswoman.

Performers: Manon Lescaut: Ekaterina Bakanova. Chevalier des Grieux: Atalla Ayan.  Count des Grieux: Roberto Scandiuzzi. Lescaut: Björn Bürger. Guillot de Morfontaine: Thomas Morris. Monsieur de Brétigny: Allen Boxer. Host: Ugo Rabec. Poussette: Olivia Doray. Javotte: Marie Kalinine. Rosette: Lilia Istratii.

Teatro Regio di Torino Choir and Orchestra. Conductor: Evelino Pidò.

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