Manon

Massenet

Music Director and Conductor: Christofer Macatsoris
Stage Director: Tito Capobianco

Sung in French with English supertitles.

April 26 – May 10, 2014


Massenet’s most popular and enduring opera flaunts the charm and vitality of Parisian sophistication during the Belle Époque era. A young girl with conflicting desires for love and luxury is corrupted by the idea of the glamorous life.

Cast

Manon Lescaut: Sydney Mancasola, Chloe Moore

Le Chevailier des Grieux: Diego Silva, Mackenzie Whitney

Lescaut: Michael Adams, Jorge Espino

Le Comte des Grieux: Musa Ngqungwana, Anthony Scnheider

Guillot Morfontaine: Jeffrey Hailil (AVA’ 06)

Monsieur de Bretigny: Andre Courville, Daniel Noyola

Pousette: Anush Avetisyan, Karen Barraza

Javotte: Julia Dawson

Rosette: Alexandra Schenck

Innkeeper: Anthony Schneider

Guardsmen: Jonas Hacker, Alasdair

Maid: Melinda Whittington

Priest: Galeano Salas

Sergeant: Alasdair Kent

 

 

Meet the Artists
Mackenzie Whitney ’16
tenor
Le Chevailier des Grieux
Jorge Espino ’17
baritone
Lescaut
Musa Ngqungwana ’14
bass-baritone
Le Comte des Grieux
Anthony Robin Schneider ’17
bass
Le Comte des Grieux
André Courville ’17
bass-baritone
Monsieur de Bretigny
Daniel Noyola ’18
bass-baritone
Monsieur de Bretigny
Karen Barraza ’17
soprano
Pousette
Alexandra Schenck ’16
mezzo-soprano
Rosette
Anthony Robin Schneider ’17
bass
Innkeeper
Alasdair Kent ’17
tenor
Guardsman, Sergeant
Jonas Hacker ’17
tenor
Guardsman
Galeano Salas ’16
tenor
Priest
Sponsors

Sponsored by Drs. Rosalie Burns and Herbert Goldberg and the Jacob Burns Foundation