Artists:

Manon Lescaut - Shu Ying Li
Chevalier Des Grieux - Richard Crawley
Edmondo - Erik Haines
Geronte de Ravoir - Valerian Ruminski
Lescaut - Kelly Anderson
A Lamplighter - Jim Price
The Dancing-Master - Jeremy Blossey

Production

Conductor - Ivan Törz
Director - TBA

Sponsors

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by Giacomo Puccini

Presented in Italian with English Supertitles above the stage.

Jan 30, Feb 1 & 3, 2009

From Paris to New Orleans, follow Puccini's tale of love & money.  Manon Lescaut, an innocent woman, corrupted by lust and greed, tries to resist her own desires...can she recapture her virtue and elude self-destruction?  Read more.

Highlights

HOT audiences have yearned for the return of Shu Ying Li, who last appeared for HOT in the title role of Madama Butterfly in Karen Tiller's critically-acclaimed 2006 production.  She returns again in 2009 for another Puccini title role: Manon Lescaut.  Presented in Italian, this classic tale of lust for money and love, brings Richard Crawley to the stage in his debut for HOT as Chevalier Des Grieux.  Valerian Ruminski and Kelly Anderson, also making their HOT debuts with this production, respectively appear as Geronte de Ravoir and Lescaut.  Hawaii Opera  welcomes back three alumni from the Mae Z. Orvis Opera Studio for this season launch:  Erik Haines, Jim Price and Jeremy Blossey.

Maestro Ivan Törzs conducts.  Stage director:  to be announced.

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