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Manon Lescaut, 14 July 1999
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Librettist: Giacomo Puccini after Abbé Prévost
Conductor: Dietfried Bernet
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Cast
Edmondo: Antonello Palombi
Chevalier des Grieux: Mikhail Dawidoff
Geronte di Ravoir: Gwynne Howell
Lescaut: Carlos Bergasa
Manon Lescaut: Adina Nitescu
Innkeeper: Richard Mosley-Evans
Musician: Emma Selway
Dancing Master: Christopher Lemmings
Sergeant of Archers: D'Arcy Bleiker
Lamplighter: Peter Haydn Ferris
Naval Captain: Adrian Powter
Production Team
Original Director: Graham Vick
Assistant Director: Annilese Miskimmon
Set Designer: Richard Hudson
Costume Designer: Richard Hudson
Lighting Designer: Jennifer Tipton
Movement Director: Ron Howell
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Librettist: Giacomo Puccini after Abbé Prévost
Conductor: Dietfried Bernet
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Cast
Edmondo: Antonello Palombi
Chevalier des Grieux: Mikhail Dawidoff
Geronte di Ravoir: Gwynne Howell
Lescaut: Carlos Bergasa
Manon Lescaut: Adina Nitescu
Innkeeper: Richard Mosley-Evans
Musician: Emma Selway
Dancing Master: Christopher Lemmings
Sergeant of Archers: D'Arcy Bleiker
Lamplighter: Peter Haydn Ferris
Naval Captain: Adrian Powter
Production Team
Original Director: Graham Vick
Assistant Director: Annilese Miskimmon
Set Designer: Richard Hudson
Costume Designer: Richard Hudson
Lighting Designer: Jennifer Tipton
Movement Director: Ron Howell