Dance

Past performances

Music: Jules Massenet

Choreography and Direction: Kenneth MacMillan

One of Kenneth MacMillan's best-known and much-loved works, this version of Abbé Prévost's Manon Lescaut was created in 1974 to the music of Jules Massenet.

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"Manon has become such a backbone of the Royal Ballet's repertoire that it is easy to forget what a shock it was when it was first revealed in the 1970s.

"Indeed some of the scenes are so passionate and overtly sexual that various early critics considered it to be tasteless, unsavoury and vulgar.

"Over 30 years down the line, the ballet is now justly hailed as a masterpiece."--Dominic McHugh, musicomh.com

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American Ballet Theatre will perform Manon at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York:

Monday, June 19, 2006
8:00 pm
Ferri, Bocca

Tuesday, June 20, 2006
8:00 pm
Kent, Carreño

Wednesday, June 21, 2006
2:00 pm
Vishneva, Malakhov

Wednesday, June 21, 2006
8:00 pm
Reyes, Corella

Thursday, June 22, 2006
8:00 pm
Ferri, Bocca

"AFTER A 20-YEAR CAREER as Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre, Julio Bocca has announced he will retire from the Company.  He will dance his final performance in the role of Des Grieux in Kenneth MacMillan's Manon on Thursday evening, June 22, 2006, at the Metropolitan Opera House."--Quest, May 2006.

Friday, June 23, 2006
8:00 pm
Vishneva, Malakhov

Saturday, June 24, 2006
2:00 pm
Reyes, Corella

Saturday, June 24, 2006
8:00 pm
Kent, Carreño

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DVD

Massenet - Manon / Penney, Dowell, Wall, Royal Ballet, Covent Garden

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CD

Massenet: Manon - Complete Ballet

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducted by Richard Bonynge

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