Manon Lescaut - Lyon Opera house (2026) - Manon Lescaut - Opéra national de Lyon (2026)

Description

New production.

Performed as part of the festival.

"There's no doubt that Emma Dante, an artist of explosive performances, with a rich dual career in theater and opera, will be able to express the harshness of this searing plot that mixes sex and sentiment, luxury and poverty, candor and cynicism, and her music with flamboyant tragedy. The director sees in the character of Manon a woman from a destitute background, abused by her family who uses her to survive. In this degraded environment of profound poverty, where some take advantage of others, Manon escapes with Des Grieux to try to live her love, only to be caught up in reality."

More information is available on the official website of the opera house.