Opéra national de Paris: L'histoire de Manon

L'histoire de Manon, Ballet de l'Opéra National de Paris

Kenneth MacMillan's acclaimed tragic ballet is a modern masterpiece

Overview

First performed in 1974 and celebrating its 40th anniversary, this production is the second in this year’s season following The Royal Ballet’s. In Regency Paris, bourgeois society gorges itself on luxury and easy pleasures. Carried off in this whirlwind, the sensual yet naïve Manon is unable to resist temptation and she drags down the faithful Des Grieux with her in her fall.

Production

Opéra National de Paris