Manon JULES MASSENET
2:00 PM June 28 Music by Jules Massenet Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille after Antoine-François PrÊvost's novel L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut First performance: Paris; January 19, 1884 Previous performance at Des Moines Metro Opera: 1976 Recorded by Iowa PBS on July 5, 2016 Performed in French with English supertitles Funding for the broadcast of Manon has been provided by Linda and Tom Koehn
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