Ballet: Manon - Schedule, Program & Tickets
Ballet: Manon
Kenneth MacMillan's Manon, based on Abbé Prévost's novel *Histoire du Chevalier Des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut*, is a masterpiece of the literary ballet genre and tells the love story of the title character for her lover Des Grieux, which begins passionately and ends in hopeless misery, in a world between splendor and deprivation:
"I believe that the key to Manon's behavior can be found in the poverty of her background: Manon is not so much afraid of poverty as she is ashamed of it." And that brings me to the ballet's second theme, the contrast between great wealth and great poverty in 18th-century France." (Kenneth MacMillan)
Act 1 approx. 45 min
Interval approx. 25 min
Act 2 approx. 45 min
Interval approx. 25 min
Act 3 approx. 25 min
Cast
Musical Direction
Ermanno Florio
Choreography and Direction
Kenneth MacMillan
Music
Jules Massenet
composed by
Leighton Lucas
with the collaboration of
Hilde Gaunt
orchestrated by
Martin Yates
Stage & Costume Design
Peter Farmer
Production Design
Gregory Mislin
Laura Moreira
Subject to change.
"I believe that the key to Manon's behavior can be found in the poverty of her background: Manon is not so much afraid of poverty as she is ashamed of it." And that brings me to the ballet's second theme, the contrast between great wealth and great poverty in 18th-century France." (Kenneth MacMillan)
Act 1 approx. 45 min
Interval approx. 25 min
Act 2 approx. 45 min
Interval approx. 25 min
Act 3 approx. 25 min
Cast
Musical Direction
Ermanno Florio
Choreography and Direction
Kenneth MacMillan
Music
Jules Massenet
composed by
Leighton Lucas
with the collaboration of
Hilde Gaunt
orchestrated by
Martin Yates
Stage & Costume Design
Peter Farmer
Production Design
Gregory Mislin
Laura Moreira
Subject to change.