Puccini manon lescaut pavarotti biography

GIACOMO PUCCINI

Performance History

First performance: 1 February 1893, Teatro Regio, Turin
Conductor: Alessandro Pomè
Cast:

• Manon Lescaut: Cesira Ferrani (also created role of Mimì in La bohème)
• Lescaut: Achille Moro
• Chevalier Des Grieux: Giuseppe Cremonini
• Geronte di Ravoir: Alessandro Polonini (also created roles of Benoît and Alcindoro in La bohème)
• Edmondo: Roberto Ramini
• Innkeeper: Augusto Castagnoli
• Singer: Elvira Ceresoli
• Dancing Master: Roberto Ramini
• Lamplighter: Roberto Ramini
• Sergeant of Archers: Ferdin.

  Cattadori

• Navy Captain: N. N.
• Hairdresser: Augusto Ghinghini

see also Role Creators in the operas of Puccini

First known performance in:

• Argentina: 8 Jun 1893, Buenos Aires
• Brazil: 28 Jul 1893, Rio de Janeiro
• Russia: 31 Oct 1893, St Petersburg
• Spain: 4 Nov 1893, Madrid
• Germany: 7 Nov 1893, Hamburg
• Portugal: 2 Feb 1894, Lisbon
• Hungary: 17 Mar 1894, Budapest
• Czech Republic: 24 Apr 18