Roles
Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast, 23 February 1856 (Conductor: - ) |
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Manon Lescaut | coloratura soprano | Marie Cabel |
Des Grieux | tenor | Henri Puget |
Le Marquis d'Hérigny | baritone | Jean-Baptiste Faure |
Lescaut, Manon's cousin | tenor | Beckers |
Marguerite, Manon's friend | soprano | Léocadie Lemercier |
Gervais, her fiancé | tenor | Jourdan |
Madame Bancelin cabaret hostess | mezzo-soprano | Mme Félix |
Monsieur Durozeau commissaire | baritone | Lemaire |
Monsieur Renaud Inspector | baritone | Nathan |
Zaby, a young slave | soprano | Mlle Bélia |
A Sergeant | bass | Duvernoy |
Two bourgeois | ||
Court nobles, Bourgeois of the Boulevard du Temple, Soldiers, Male and female workers; Inhabitants of New Orleans, negroes, Colonial soldiers |
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