Instrumentation |
Cast
- Manon Lescaut (soprano)
Lescaut, her brother and guardian (baritone)
Chevalier Renato des Grieux, a student (tenor)
Geronte di Revoir, Treasurer General (bass)
Edmondo, a student (tenor)
Innkeeper (bass)
Singer (mezzo-soprano)
Dance Master (tenor)
Lamplighter (tenor)
Sergeant of the Royal Archers (bass)
Naval Captain (bass)
Hairdresser (silent/mute)
Mixed Chorus (SATB): singers, old beaux and abbés, girls, townsfolk, students, courtesans, archers, sailors
Orchestra: piccolo (3rd also flute), flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, timpani, triangle, drum, tam-tam, bass drum, cymbals, glockenspiel, celesta, harp, strings
Off-stage Instruments: flute, cornet, bell, drum, sleigh bells |
Sections |
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- Tra voi, belle, brune e bionde (des Grieux)
- Donna non vidi mai (des Grieux)
- Vedete? Io son fedele (Manon)
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- Arioso: Sei splendida e lucante! (Lescaut)
- In quelle trine morbide (Manon)
- Madrigale (mezzo-soprano, chorus)
- L’ora, o Tirsi, è vaga e bella (Manon)
- Ah! Manon, mi tradisce (des Grieux)
- Intermezzo
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- No! No! pazzo son! (des Grieux)
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- Sola, perduta, abbandonata (Manon)
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