English Touring Opera: Puccini's Manon Lescaut

Tue 16 Apr 2024

Synopsis

Manon Lescaut is a devastating depiction of a woman wrestling with her desire for love on her own terms, and the rigid double standards imposed on her by society. The opera was a breakthrough smash for Giacomo Puccini, composer of the timeless classics La bohème, Tosca and Madame Butterfly, full of memorable music and heartbreaking drama.

Jude Christian, fresh from a critically acclaimed Titus Andronicus at London’s Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, brings incisive direction and a sharp, poetic new translation to her radical new production, while ETO Music Director Gerry Cornelius conducts.

Performed in English with English surtitles.

Running Time: 2 hours and 10 minutes (including a 20 minute interval)

PRE-SHOW TALK
6.30pm | Free with a show ticket
Find out more about MANON LESCAUT from the opera’s Creative Team in this free, 30-minute conversation in the Theatre.

Tickets

DISCOUNTS*

£15 Under 16s
£20* 16-26 yrs and/or Students (with a free 16-26 & Student Membership), and Curve Connect
£15* Under 18s school groups
£5 off for Groups 10+
2-4-1 tickets for Friends and Supporters
15% off for Members / or 20% off if the purchase is completed before Wed 31st Jan 2024.

MULTIBUY OFFER: 10% off tickets when you buy both Manon Lescaut and Rake’s Progress performances.

* Selected performances discount is applicable on price bands B – D only.

*Discounts are subject to availability and may be removed at any time. Only valid on certain performances - terms and conditions apply.

Credits & Acknowledgments

Director & Librettist Jude Christian
Conductor Gerry Cornelius
Designer Charlotte Henery
Lighting Designer Ben Ormerod
Répétiteur Nicholas Bosworth
Costume Supervisor Megan Rarity

Production photography by Richard Hubert Smith