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2023 / AROP evening / Ballet
22 Jun.

L'Histoire de Manon

    Palais Garnier

    19h30

    Duration
    2h35

    Dress Cocktail attire

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  • 1st part
    19h30
  • Intermission cocktail
    20h15
  • 2nd part
    20h35
  • Intermission cocktail
    21h20
  • 3rd part
    21h40
  • End of the performance
    22h05

Inspired by Abbé Prévost’s mythical heroes, in L'histoire de Manon Kenneth MacMillan expresses his fascination for dramatic subjects and characters who have fallen from grace. Faithful to the plot of the celebrated 18th century novel, he reiterates the tragic story of this sensual yet ingenuous character, both victim of and responsible for her fate. In Regency Paris, bourgeois society revels in luxury and easy pleasures. Carried away on this hedonistic whirlwind, Manon cannot resist temptation, bringing the faithful Des Grieux down with her in her fall. The choreography is constructed on a mosaic of extracts from music by Massenet, providing all the theatricality, freshness and romanticism demanded by this great danced fresco. Crowded ballroom scenes give way to sublime pas de deux until the ballet’s tragic end.

L’Histoire de Manon

L’Histoire de Manon - Kenneth MacMillan

  • Music

    Jules Massenet
    (1842‑1912)

  • Conductor
    Pierre Dumoussaud

  • Choreography

    Kenneth MacMillan
    (1929-1992)

  • Arrangements and orchestration

    Martin Yates

  • Director

    Kenneth MacMillan

  • Set design and Costume design

    Nicholas Georgiadis

  • Lighting design

    John B. Read

Cast

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Dorothée
Gilbert

Manon

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Hugo
Marchand

Des Grieux

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Jérémy-Loup
Quer

Lescaut

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Héloïse
Bourdon

La Maîtresse de Lescaut

Les Étoiles, les Premières Danseuses, les Premiers Danseurs et le Corps de Ballet de l’Opéra
Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris