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Manon Lescaut, 24 June 1997
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Librettist: Giacomo Puccini after Abbé Prévost
Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
Orchestra: London Philharmonic
Cast
Edmondo: Antonello Palombi
Chevalier des Grieux: Patrick Denniston
Geronte di Ravoir: Paolo Montarsolo
Lescaut: Roberto de Candia
Manon Lescaut: Adina Nitescu
Innkeeper: Richard Mosley-Evans
Musician: Sarah Connolly
Dancing Master: Christopher Lemmings
Sergeant of Archers: Kevin Sharp
Lamplighter: Michael Hart-Davis
Naval Captain: Richard Mosley-Evans
Production Team
Original Director: Graham Vick
Assistant Director: John Ramster
Set Designer: Richard Hudson
Costume Designer: Richard Hudson
Lighting Designer: Jennifer Tipton
Choreographer: Ron Howell
Chorus Master: Christopher Moulds
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Librettist: Giacomo Puccini after Abbé Prévost
Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
Orchestra: London Philharmonic
Cast
Edmondo: Antonello Palombi
Chevalier des Grieux: Patrick Denniston
Geronte di Ravoir: Paolo Montarsolo
Lescaut: Roberto de Candia
Manon Lescaut: Adina Nitescu
Innkeeper: Richard Mosley-Evans
Musician: Sarah Connolly
Dancing Master: Christopher Lemmings
Sergeant of Archers: Kevin Sharp
Lamplighter: Michael Hart-Davis
Naval Captain: Richard Mosley-Evans
Production Team
Original Director: Graham Vick
Assistant Director: John Ramster
Set Designer: Richard Hudson
Costume Designer: Richard Hudson
Lighting Designer: Jennifer Tipton
Choreographer: Ron Howell
Chorus Master: Christopher Moulds