Manon
DURATION: 3 hrs
INTERMISSION: 2
HALL: Wilfrid-Pelletier
LOCATION: Place des Arts
PREOPERA: 6:30 pm
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Synopsis
Massenet
Manon
A classic of the French opera repertoire… a mix of levity and gravity, the reflection of its moving and carefree heroine. In the title role: rising young soprano Marianne Fiset offers Montreal the role in which she made her debut at the Opéra-Bastille. Alongside her, another rising star, Canadian baritone Gordon Bintner, making his debut here after winning top prize at the Standard Life/OSM Competition, and Portugese tenor Bruno Ribeiro.
SYNOPSIS
Manon is about to enter the convent when she meets the Chevalier des Grieux. Love struck, they run off together to Paris, poor but in love... Corruption, disgrace, and exile await Manon before she dies in the arms of the man she loves.
- Opera in 5 acts
- Libretto: Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, after the abbé Prévost’s novel
- Premiere: Opéra-Comique, Paris, 19 January 1884
- Sung in French with English and French surtitles
- CoProduction: Opéra de Montréal and Michigan Opera Theater
Last OdM Production: may 1998
Composer
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Jules Massenet
The son of an iron master, Massenet received his first piano lessons from his mother. At the age of eleven, he was accepted into the Conservatoire National de Paris. A recipient of the Prix de Rome, it was in this city that he met Liszt who introduced him to the woman who would become his wife.
Cast
Manon Marianne Fiset / Des Grieux Bruno Ribeiro / Lescaut Gordon Bintner / Le Comte Des Grieux Alain Coulombe / De Brétigny Alexandre Sylvestre / Guillot Guy Bélanger / Poussette Frédérique Drolet / Javotte Florie Valiquette / Rosette Emma Char / Conductor Fabien Gabel / Director Brian Deedrick / Choreographer Noëlle-Émilie Desbiens / Set Designer Bernard Uzan + Opéra de Montréal / Costume Designer Opéra de Montréal / Lighting Designer Anne-Catherine Simard-Deraspe / Chœur de l’Opéra de Montréal Orchestre Métropolitain
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Marianne Fiset (Canada) -
Bruno Ribeiro (Portugal) -
Gordon Bintner (Canada) -
Alain Coulombe (Canada) -
Alexandre Sylvestre (Canada) -
Guy Bélanger (Canada) -
Frédérique Drolet (Canada) -
Florie Valiquette (Canada) -
Emma Char (Canada) -
Normand Richard (Canada) -
Claude Grenier (Canada) -
Geoffroy Salvas (Canada) -
Fabien Gabel (France) -
Brian Deedrick (Canada) -
Noëlle-Émilie Desbiens (Canada) -
Anne-Catherine Simard-Deraspe (Canada) -
Claude Webster (Canada)
Multimedia
Community
Place à l’opéra Series
Explore opera with passionate experts who shed a new light on opera! All presentations are hosted by musicologist Pierre Vachon.
- 9 may 2013, 7 pm – Grande Bibliothèque (In French)
- 13 may 2013, 7:30 pm – Segal Center - $5
GUESTS
Sylvia L’Écuyer, musicologist and host of Saturday afternoon at the opera (Espace musique, Radio-Canada)
Frédéric Charbonneau, professor, William Dawson Chair of 18th Century Literature, French Literature and Languages Department, McGill University
PreOpera
A dynamic and “user-friendly” introduction to the performance. Hosted by musicologist Pierre Vachon, this get-together is like a journey into the heart of the work’s music and history, its libretto and its symbols, the production’s artists, etc.
- Language: in French with brief summary in English.
- Duration: 30 minutes
- Place: Piano Nobile, salle Wilfrid-Pelletier
- Time: 6:30 pm
- Cost: Free for subscribers ; $5 for general public
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