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Manon

Jules Massenet

Opéra Bastille

from 29 February to 10 April 2020

3h50 no interval

COVID-19 : cancellation of the performances

Manon

Opéra Bastille - from 29 February to 10 April 2020

Synopsis

When, in 1731, l’Abbé Prévost wrote L’Histoire du chevalier Des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut – the work that inspired Massenet’s Manon – he portrayed an entire era, that of the Regency, which saw the old order fade away and a new order, full of the promise of unprecedented freedom, rise from its ashes. Manon must make her way between these two worlds, fleeing the convent in order to embrace the paths of desire and transgression, throwing herself headlong into a burning and destructive passion with Des Grieux. A parenthesis opens, only to close again in suffering and obscurity. The director Vincent Huguet casts the work’s customary taffeta aside in order to bring out its violence to the full.

Duration : 3h50 no interval

Language : French

Surtitle : French / English

  • Opening

  • First part 75 min

  • Intermission 25 min

  • Second part 65 min

  • Intermission 25 min

  • Third part 40 min

  • End

Artists

Opera-comique in five acts and six scenes (1884)

After the novel by Abbé Prévost

Creative team

Cast

Orchestre et Choeurs de l’Opéra national de Paris

Media

  • The Opera is showing off : Manon

    The Opera is showing off : Manon

    Read the article

  • Podcast Manon

    Podcast Manon

    Listen the podcast

  • Des Grieux, ambassador of French singing

    Des Grieux, ambassador of French singing

    Watch the video

© Félix Auvard

The Opera is showing off : Manon

Read the article

When illustrators interpret the19/20 Season their way

01 min

The Opera is showing off : Manon

By Félix Auvard

Octave donne carte blanche à des artistes pour illustrer une œuvre de la saison 19/20, à travers une affiche de spectacle. Félix Auvard a choisi l'opéra Manon de Jules Massenet.
© Félix Auvard

Podcast Manon

Listen the podcast

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" - by France Musique

07 min

Podcast Manon

By Charlotte Landru-Chandès, France Musique

"Dance! Sing! 7 minutes at the Paris Opera" offers original incursions into the season thanks to broadcasts produced by France Musique and the Paris Opera. For each opera or ballet production, Charlotte Landru-Chandès (opera) and Jean-Baptiste Urbain (dance), present the works and artists you are going to discover when you attend performances in our theatres. 

© Julien Benhamou / OnP

Des Grieux, ambassador of French singing

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An interview with Benjamin Bernheim

4:38 min

Des Grieux, ambassador of French singing

By Marion Mirande

French is sometimes criticized for being bland and dull. Listening to Benjamin Bernheim, we can only be convinced of the contrary. Performing the role of Chevalier des Grieux in Jules Massenet’ Manon, he talks about the musical richness and language which serves it.

  • Manon by Jules Massenet - "En fermant les yeux" (Benjamin Bernheim)
  • Manon by Jules Massenet - "Obéissons quand leur voix appelle" (Pretty Yende)
  • Manon by Jules Massenet (Pretty Yende & Benjamin Bernheim)
  • Manon by Jules Massenet - "Je marche sur tous les chemins" (Pretty Yende)
  • Vincent Huguet about Manon
  • Manon (saison 19/20)- ACTE 3 (Pretty Yende)

  • Manon (saison 19/20)- ACTE 3 (Roberto Tagliavini)

  • Manon (saison 19/20)- (Pretty Yende, Benjamin Bernheim)

  • Manon (saison 19/20)- ACTE 1 (Ludovic Tézier)

  • Manon (saison 19/20)- ACTE 3 (Benjamin Bernheim)

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Opéra Bastille

Place de la Bastille

75012 Paris

Public transport

Underground Bastille (lignes 1, 5 et 8), Gare de Lyon (RER)

Bus 29, 69, 76, 86, 87, 91, N01, N02, N11, N16

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Q-Park Opéra Bastille 34, rue de Lyon 75012 Paris

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In both our venues, discounted tickets are sold at the box offices from 30 minutes before the show:

  • €35 tickets for under-28s, unemployed people (with documentary proof less than 3 months old) and senior citizens over 65 with non-taxable income (proof of tax exemption for the current year required)
  • €70 tickets for senior citizens over 65

Get samples of the operas and ballets at the Paris Opera gift shops: programmes, books, recordings, and also stationery, jewellery, shirts, homeware and honey from Paris Opera.

Opéra Bastille
  • Open 1h before performances and until performances end
  • Get in from within the theatre’s public areas
  • For more information: +33 1 40 01 17 82

Opéra Bastille

Place de la Bastille

75012 Paris

Public transport

Underground Bastille (lignes 1, 5 et 8), Gare de Lyon (RER)

Bus 29, 69, 76, 86, 87, 91, N01, N02, N11, N16

Calculate my route
Car park

Q-Park Opéra Bastille 34, rue de Lyon 75012 Paris

Book your parking spot

In both our venues, discounted tickets are sold at the box offices from 30 minutes before the show:

  • €35 tickets for under-28s, unemployed people (with documentary proof less than 3 months old) and senior citizens over 65 with non-taxable income (proof of tax exemption for the current year required)
  • €70 tickets for senior citizens over 65

Get samples of the operas and ballets at the Paris Opera gift shops: programmes, books, recordings, and also stationery, jewellery, shirts, homeware and honey from Paris Opera.

Opéra Bastille
  • Open 1h before performances and until performances end
  • Get in from within the theatre’s public areas
  • For more information: +33 1 40 01 17 82

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