AROP evening — Ballet

L'Histoire de Manon

22 Jun. 2023

  • 2h35 with 2 intermissions
  • Palais Garnier
  • Cocktail attire

L’Histoire de Manon

L’Histoire de Manon - Kenneth MacMillan

  • Conductor

    Pierre Dumoussaud

  • Choreography

    Kenneth MacMillan
    (1929-1992)

  • Music

    Jules Massenet
    (1842‑1912)

  • Arrangements and orchestration

    Martin Yates

  • Director

    Kenneth MacMillan

  • Set design and Costume design

    Nicholas Georgiadis

  • Lighting design

    John B. Read

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.

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

L’Histoire de Manon

L’Histoire de Manon - Kenneth MacMillan

  • Manon

    Dorothée Gilbert

  • Des Grieux

    Hugo Marchand

  • Lescaut

    Jérémy-Loup Quer

  • La Maîtresse de Lescaut

    Héloïse Bourdon

  • 19:30

    First part

  • 20:15

    Intermission cocktail

  • 20:35

    Second part

  • 21:20

    Intermission cocktail

  • 21:40

    Third part

  • 22:05

    End of the performance

  • 22:20

    Supper

[EXTRAIT] L'HISTOIRE DE MANON de MacMillan - Acte I (Dorothée Gilbert, Hugo Marchand)

1 video

[EXTRAIT] L'HISTOIRE DE MANON de MacMillan, Acte II (Dorothée Gilbert, Hugo Marchand)

1 video

[EXTRAIT] L'HISTOIRE DE MANON de MacMillan, Acte III

1 video

[EXTRAIT] L'HISTOIRE DE MANON de MacMillan, Acte III (Dorothée Gilbert, Hugo Marchand)

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