Sung in French with English text projected above the stage
Jubilee Auditorium, 1415 -14 Avenue NW
Saturday, November 21, 8pm
Wednesday, November 25, 7:30pm
Friday, November 27, 8pm
"Oh despair! Our lives are divided for ever" ("O douleur, l’avenir nous separe")
Tempted by lust and wealth, as personified by the obsessive Des Grieux and the lecherous Guillot, Manon follows the twisted journey of decline for the morally conflicted country girl Manon. The music of Massenet is full-blown French romanticism with full, lush orchestration and passionate scenes of high drama.
