Soprano Anna Netrebko portrays the conflicted title character, and tenor Roberto Alagna sings Des Grieux, her only hope for true love, in Jules Massenet's passionate opera Manon from the Vienna ...

Director Coline Serreau asks too much of the audience with her new staging of Jules Massenet's "Manon" at the Opéra Bastille. Luckily, the music swoops to the rescue.

San Francisco Opera presents six performances of Jules Massenet's Manon at the War Memorial Opera House November 4 22. One of the composer's most enduring and sensuous works, Manon returns to the ...

PORTRAIT OF MANON: Jules Massenet used several musical motifs from his previous opera Manon in this new work, and they can be heard right from the prelude. As the action begins, we meet the ...

Unsurprisingly, the works of Jules Massenet are a cornerstone of French Romantic opera, with some sources crediting over forty to his name. ... Manon, based on the Abbé Prévost novel L’Histoire de ...

IT’S the 1950s -- but like no decade you’ve ever seen before. Susan Hilferty, costume designer for “Manon,” says she and director / choreographer Vincent Paterson updated Jules Massenet ...

WHEN Massenet's opera Manon was first staged in Paris in 1884, its theme of passion and scandal and its choruses of courtesans and rich dirty old men created quite a stir, making it an instant hit.

The BYU School of Music presents Jules Massenet's tragic opera Manon in the de Jong Concert Hall at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 21-24. Preview performances will be held on Oct. 17 and 20. Tickets are $15, with ...

Today is Friday, May 12, the 132nd day of 2006 with 233 to follow. Jules (Émile Frédéric) Massenet (May 12, 1842 – August 13, 1912) was a French composer best known for his operas. His ...

But Massenet probably laughed all the way to the bank. His grand opera Le roi de Lahore (1877), an early success, was performed nearly 60 times in its first two seasons.It was enough to land him a ...

The Metropolitan Opera’s 2005-06 season, which began Monday night with an opening gala and a sampling of three opera acts, returned to full-length repertoire Tuesday, headlined by soprano Ren… ...

The Staatsoper Unter den Linden is one of the three grand opera houses in Berlin. Founded under the reign of Frederick the Great, it is one of the oldest stages in Berlin. The present director is: ...