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

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 ...

Sarah Coburn as Manon receives affection from Harold Meers as des Grieux in OSB’s Manon. David Bazemore. The coloratura soprano Sarah Coburn makes her Santa Barbara debut this Friday and Sunday in ...

Consider the scene: A drawing room where pasty-faced men awash in privilege and lust strut about displaying pouty mistresses like prize cattle. As Kenneth MacMillan’s “Manon” had its much ...

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 brought back Massenet’s opera “Manon” after a 19-year absence Saturday evening in Vincent Boussard’s new production, which… ...

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Conceived as an answer to Verdi, Massenet’s Manon is one of the high water marks of late 19th century French opera comique, even though it ends with its wasted heroine dying in her lover’s ...

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… ...