L’Histoire de Manon
Ballet in 3 Acts
Opera de Paris (Palais Garnier)
Recorded May 18, 2015
Running Time: 2H20 minutes
Act 1: 51 min | Acts 2 & 3: 1h 29 min
CREATIVE TEAM
Music: Jules Massenet
Choreographer: Kenneth MacMillan
Conductor: Martin Yates
Sets and Costumes: Nicholas Georgiadis
Lighting: John B. Read
Orchestra: Paris Opera Orchestra
ARTISTIC TEAM
Étoiles, Premiers Danseurs and Corps de Ballet
Presentation
Inspired by L'Abbé Prévost’s legendary heroine, Kenneth MacMillan expresses his fascination for offbeat characters and dramatic subjects. The choreographer faithfully follows the novel’s plot and reconstructs the tragic story of the sensual yet naïve Manon - more victim than architect of her fate. In Regency Paris, bourgeois society gorges itself on luxury and easy pleasures. Carried off in this whirlwind, Manon is unable to resist temptation and devastates the faithful Des Grieux in her fall.
The choreographer constructs his ballet on a mosaic of extracts from Massenet, finding in the music all the drama, freshness and romanticism necessary for this grand fresco in dance. From crowded ball scenes to spirited, romantic, spirited pas de deux, Manon’s passionate existence propels inevitably toward the ballet’s sublime, yet tragic conclusion.
FROM THE VAULT
Where it played at Laemmle — 4 engagements
- EncinoTown Center 5Mon, Oct 12 – Tue, Oct 13, 2015 · 2 days
- PasadenaPlayhouse 7Mon, Oct 12 – Tue, Oct 13, 2015 · 2 days
- ClaremontClaremont 5Mon, Oct 12 – Tue, Oct 13, 2015 · 2 days
- Beverly HillsFine Arts TheatreMon, Oct 12 – Tue, Oct 13, 2015 · 2 days
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