Name: Manon Lescaut
Start: 2023-11-23T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Stadttheater Klagenfurt

Organization

Stadttheater Klagenfurt

Conductor

Stefan Neubert

Stage director

Igor Pison

Video designer

Manuel Kolip

Set designer

Costume designer

Nicola Reichert

Chorus master

Günter Wallner

Dramaturge

Markus Hänsel

Singer

Soprano

Heather Engebretson

Manon Lescaut

Baritone

Gustavo Castillo

Lescaut

Tenor

Giorgi Sturua

The knight René Des Grieux

Bass

Marian Pop

Geronte de Revoir

Luca Bernard

Edmond

Others

Chor des Stadttheaters Klagenfurt

Orchestra

Kärntner Sinfonieorchester

Taras Kuzmych

An innkeeper

Taras Kuźmych

Sergeant of the Archers

Mezzo-soprano

Sun Mi Kim

A singer

David Jagodic

The dance master

Woohyun Park

A lamplighter

Choreographer

Riccardo De Nigris

Extra Choir of the Stadttheater Klagenfurt

Italian

Klagenfurt

Austria

Manon Lescaut Puccini

Public

German

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

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Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Chorus Director

Composer

Dancer

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Countertenor

Contralto

Bass-baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

How is the human struggle between feeling and reason decided when a young couple escapes family, religious and social constraints to live their love?

The story of Giacomo Puccini's third opera Manon Lescaut goes back to an autobiographical novel by the clergyman Abbé Prévost from 1731, which tells the life of the young, well-off family nobleman Des Grieux. His father had planned a career in the church for him, but when he met Manon Lescaut, who was also destined for the convent, it happened to him. Together, the two elope to Paris, where Manon first robs Des Grieux of his fortune and finally of his integrity. After criminal activities, the two have to flee into exile in the French colony of Louisiana. Manon dies there, after which Des Grieux returns to France and becomes a priest.

Puccini spares his audience this moralizing ending. In his opera, Manon tragically dies in the North American desert in the arms of her desperate lover. This is how Manon Lescaut becomes a
typical Puccini: with ecstatic emotions, rousing arias and duets and a broad orchestral sound that lets the audience "bathe" in the music, so to speak.

English

Wie entscheidet sich das menschliche Ringen zwischen Gefühl und Verstand, wenn ein junges Paar familiären, religiösen und gesellschaftlichen Zwängen entflieht, um seine Liebe zu leben?

Die Geschichte von Giacomo Puccinis dritter Oper Manon Lescaut geht zurück auf einen autobiographisch geprägten Roman des Geistlichen Abbé Prévost aus dem Jahre 1731, der das Leben des jungen, aus wohlhabender Familie stammenden Kleinadeligen Des Grieux erzählt. Sein Vater hat für ihn eine kirchliche Laufbahn vorgesehen, doch als er die ebenfalls fürs Kloster bestimmte Manon Lescaut kennenlernt, ist es um ihn geschehen. Gemeinsam brennen die beiden nach Paris durch, wo Manon Des Grieux zuerst um sein Vermögen und schließlich um seine Unbescholtenheit bringt. Nach kriminellen Machenschaften müssen die beiden ins Exil in die französische Kolonie Louisiana fliehen. Dort stirbt Manon, worauf Des Grieux doch noch geläutert nach Frankreich zurückkehrt und Priester wird.

Dieses moralisierende Ende erspart Puccini seinem Publikum. In seiner Oper stirbt Manon auf tragische Weise in der nordamerikanischen Wüste in den Armen ihres verzweifelten Geliebten. So wird Manon Lescaut zu einem
typischen Puccini: Mit ekstatischen Emotionen, mitreißenden Arien und Duetten sowie einem breiten Orchesterklang, der das Publikum gewissermaßen in der Musik »baden« lässt.

Deutsch

Manon Lescaut by Puccini, Tue 28 Nov 2023, From (2023/2024), Directed by Igor Pison,, Conductor Stefan Neubert, Stadttheater Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria

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