L'Histoire de Manon - Ballet - Season 22/23 Programming - Opéra national de Paris

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    L'Histoire de Manon

    Kenneth MacMillan

    Palais Garnier - from 20 June to 15 July 2023

    Julien Benhamou /OnP

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L'Histoire de Manon

Palais Garnier - from 20 June to 15 July 2023

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Ballet

L'Histoire de Manon

Kenneth MacMillan

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Palais Garnier - from 20 June to 15 July 2023

2h35 with 2 intervals

  • Pre‑opening for the young : 19 June 2022 at 19:30

    Opening night : 20 June 2023 at 19:30

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Inspired by Abbé Prévost’s mythical heroes, in L'histoire de Manon Kenneth MacMillan expresses his fascination for dramatic subjects and characters who have fallen from grace. Faithful to the plot of the celebrated 18th century novel, he reiterates the tragic story of this sensual yet ingenuous character, both victim of and responsible for her fate. In Regency Paris, bourgeois society revels in luxury and easy pleasures. Carried away on this hedonistic whirlwind, Manon cannot resist temptation, bringing the faithful Des Grieux down with her in her fall. The choreography is constructed on a mosaic of extracts from music by Massenet, providing all the theatricality, freshness and romanticism demanded by this great danced fresco. Crowded ballroom scenes give way to sublime pas de deux until the ballet’s tragic end.

  • Opening
  • First part 45 mn
  • Intermission 20 mn
  • Second part 45 mn
  • Intermission 20 mn
  • Third part 25 mn
  • End
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  • Draw-me L'Histoire de Manon

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    Draw-me L'Histoire de Manon

  • Love as condemnation: Léonore Baulac, Xavier Ronze et Vessela Pelovska about L’Histoire de Manon

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    Love as condemnation: Léonore Baulac, Xavier Ronze et Vessela Pelovska about L’Histoire de Manon

Draw-me L'Histoire de Manon

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Draw-me L'Histoire de Manon

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Love as condemnation: Léonore Baulac, Xavier Ronze et Vessela Pelovska about L’Histoire de Manon

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Love as condemnation: Léonore Baulac, Xavier Ronze et Vessela Pelovska about L’Histoire de Manon

Léonore Baulac, Xavier Ronze et Vessela Pelovska about L’Histoire de Manon

By Antony Desvaux, Maya Zabiolle

On the occasion of the revival of Kenneth MacMillan's L'Histoire de Manon, Étoile dancer Léonore Baulac discusses how she takes on her character alongside partner Mathias Heymann, and the virtuoso language of the English choreographer.

Xavier Ronze, head of the Couture Department at Palais Garnier, unveils the brightly-colored costumes designed by Nicholas Georgiadis. Finally, pianist Vessela Pelovska interprets and comments on some of the ballet's great musical themes.

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