general information

composition date

1951

duration

1h 25min

publisher

Schott , ED 9412

Libretto (details, author)

Grete Weil, scénario de Walter Jockisch

type

detailed formation

Soloist

solo tenor [buffo : Lilaque père, un riche cavalier], solo soprano [Manon Lescaut], solo tenor [Armand des Grieux, étudiant], 2 solo baritones [Lescaux, frère de Manon ; Francis, ami d Armand], mime [Lilaque fils], 3 dancers [solistes, et ballet]

2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 4 trumpets [jazz, en do], 3 trombones, tuba, percussionist, timpani, harp, mandolin, piano, strings

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