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