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2026 / AROP evening / Ballet
12 Oct.

L'Histoire de Manon 

    Palais Garnier

    19h30

    Duration
    2h45

    Dress Cocktail attire

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  • 1st part
    19h30
  • Intermission cocktail
    20h15
  • 2nd part
    20h35
  • Intermission cocktail
    21h25
  • 3rd part
    21h45
  • End of the performance
    22h15
  • Supper
    22h30

“Manon is a beautiful sixteen-year-old girl who loves life and cannot resist fleeting pleasures. She is charming, but amoral.” This is how choreographer Kenneth MacMillan described the heroine of his ballet Manon, inspired by abbé Prévost’s famous novel. 

L’Histoire de Manon

L’Histoire de Manon - Kenneth MacMillan

  • Music

    Jules Massenet
    (1842‑1912)

  • Conductor
    Martin Yates

  • Choreography

    Kenneth MacMillan
    and director (1929-1992)

  • Arrangements and orchestration

    Martin Yates

  • Set design and costume design

    Nicholas Georgiadis

  • Lighting design

    Jacopo Pantani

Cast

With the Paris Opera Étoiles, First Soloists, and Corps de Ballet
With the Paris Opera Orchestra

Donors &
partners

  • Grand Partenaire de l'Opéra national de Paris

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