LIVE STREAMING MARCH 26, 2026 | 8 P.M.
MANON LESCAUT
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Lyric drama in four acts
Libretto by Luigi Illica, Marco Praga, Domenico Oliva
from the novel Histoire du chevalier Des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by Antoine François Prévost, Casa Ricordi Edition, Milan
First performance on February 1, 1893 at Teatro Regio in Turin
Manon Lescaut ANASTASIA BARTOLI
Renato Des Grieux LUCIANO GANCI
Lescaut ALESSANDRO LUONGO
Geronte di Ravoir ANDREA CONCETTI
Edmondo DAVIDE TUSCANO
A lamp lighter/The dance teacher SAVERIO PUGLIESE
A musician ARLENE MIATTO ALBELDAS*
A host/The Navy commander EUGENIO MARIA DEGIACOMI
Madrigal singers ALESSANDRA MANICCIA, GIULIA GABRIELLI, GIULIA ZANIBONI, LORELAY SOLIS, EWA MARIA LUSNIA, LAURA RIVOLTA, MARIA VITTORIA PRIMAVERA, GLORIA PETRINI
The Sergeant of Archers CESARE LANA
*former student of the Accademia Verdiana
Conductor Francesco Ivan Ciampa
Direction, set design, costume design, lighting Massimo Pizzi Gasparon Contarini
Coreografie di Gheorghe Iancu riprese da Letizia Giuliani
FILARMONICA DI PARMA
CORO DEL TEATRO REGIO DI PARMA
Choir director Martino Faggiani
BALLETTO DI VENEZIA
New production
Co-produced by Festival Puccini, Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari, Teatro Regio di Parma, Teatro Nazionale dell’Opera di Bucarest, Teatro Nazionale Croato di Fiume
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