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Manon

Manon is a five-act opéra comique by Jules Massenet, with a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille. The opera is based on Abbé Prévost's 1731 novel, L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut. It premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on January 19, 1884, featuring stage designs by Eugène Carpezat, Auguste Alfred Rubé, and Jean-Baptiste Lavastre.

1919: 1,000th performance in Paris

In 1919, Manon reached its 1,000th performance at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.

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September 1924: San Francisco Opera stagings

On 29 September 1924, the San Francisco Opera began giving many stagings of Manon.

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2009: Performance at the Massenet Festival

In 2009, a version of Manon with recitative by Massenet was performed at the Opéra de Saint-Etienne as part of the Massenet Festival.

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April 2012: New production simulcast in HD

In April 2012, Anna Netrebko starred in a new production of Manon directed by Laurent Pelly, a co-production with the Royal Opera House, which was simulcast in HD.

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