Libretto
Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Marco Praga, Domenico Oliva, Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa, Giulio Ricordi, Giuseppe Adami
Premiere
1 February 1893, Turin (Teatro Regio)
Cast
MANON LESCAUT (soprano)
IL CAVALIERE RENATO DES GRIEUX (tenor)
LESCAUT (baritone)
GERONTE DI RAVOIR (bass)
EDMONDO (tenor)
MUSICIAN (mezzo-soprano)
DANCING MASTER (tenor)
LAMPLIGHTER (tenor)
LANDLORD (bass)
SERGEANT OF THE ARCHERS (bass)
NAVAL CAPTAIN (bass)
HAIRDRESSER (silent)
CHORUS
girls,townspeople, men and women, students, musicians, old men and abbés, courtesans, naval officers, sailors
Place
Time
Second half of the 18th century