Manon Lescaut

Daniel François Esprit Auber

17 — 28 OCTOBER 2024

Manon Manon Manon

From the 1830s to 1850s, Daniel Auber and his librettist Eugène Scribe were true superstars of French opéra comique. The secret to their success? Stories in which the characters fumble their way through growing adversity, aided by incredible plot twists and turns, set to light-hearted music marked by irresistible melodies. One of the pair’s most enduring successes was their 1856 opera Manon Lescaut, based on the novel by the Abbé Prévost.


As the prurient elements of the story made it unsuitable for the respectable audiences of mid-nineteenth century theatres, Scribe transformed Manon into a frivolous young woman, who sincerely falls in love with Des Grieux but has the misfortune to always find herself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Manon’s part was written for a coloratura soprano with the bravura to deliver “C’est l’histoire amoureuse,” renowned as the “éclat de rire,” or laughing aria, for it sharp, shrill laughs. The opera and the original novel converge only in their endings, where Manon is deported and dies of hardship in a wasteland—never before had an opéra comique featured such a tragic conclusion.

Opéra comique
in three acts

Music by Daniel François Esprit Auber

Libretto by Eugène Scribe 

Based on the novel Histoire du Chevalier Des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut di Antoine-François Prévost

World première:
Paris, Théâtre national de l’Opéra-Comique, 02/23/1856

Duration

Act I – 59′
Break – 35′
Act II – 40′
Break – 30′
Act III – 45′

Listen to C´est l´histoire amoureuse (L’éclat de rire)

Play

Creatives

Conductor | Guillaume Tourniaire

Direction | Arnaud Bernard

Direction assistant | Yamal Das Irmich

Scenes | Alessandro Camera

Costumes | Carla Ricotti

Lights | Fiammetta Baldiserri

Video | Marcello Alongi

Scene assistant | Andrea Gregori

Costume assistant | Luciano Cappiello

Lighting assistant | Oscar Frosio

Choir master | Ulisse Trabacchin

Orchestra and Choir Teatro Regio Torino

New production Teatro Regio Torino

Cast

Schedule and tickets

Carnet 3Manon
Carnet 3Manon Series A

Tuesday 15 October 20:00
Opera e Balleto
Manon Lescaut
| Daniel François Esprit Auber
Anteprima Giovani
Thursday 17 October 19:00
Opera e Balleto
Manon Lescaut
| Daniel François Esprit Auber
Turno A
Saturday 19 October 15:00
Opera e Balleto
Manon Lescaut
| Daniel François Esprit Auber
Tuesday 22 October 20:00
Opera e Balleto
Manon Lescaut
| Daniel François Esprit Auber
Thursday 24 October 20:00
Opera e Balleto
Manon Lescaut
| Daniel François Esprit Auber
Sunday 27 October 15:00
Opera e Balleto
Manon Lescaut
| Daniel François Esprit Auber

Ticket office Teatro Regio

Piazza Castello 215 – Torino
Tel. 011.8815.241 – 011.8815.242
biglietteria@teatroregio.torino.it

Opening hours:
from Monday to Saturday 11am-7pm
Sunday 10.30am-3.30pm