Lianna Haroutounian & Brian Jagde Headline San Francisco’s ‘Manon Lescaut’
By Francisco Salazar(Credit: Terrence McCarthy/San Francisc Opera)
The San Francisco Opera is set to present Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut.”
The company will present a revival of director Olivier Tambosi’s production reuniting soprano Lianna Haroutounian and tenor Brian Jagde for role debuts in yet another Puccini opera, after their last appearance together in San Francisco Opera’s 2014 “Tosca.”
The stars will be led by former San Francisco Opera music director Nicola Luisotti.
The cast will also include Anthony Clark Evans as Manon’s brother Lescaut and Philip Skinner as the lecherous yet powerful Geronte, as well as tenor Christopher Oglesby as Edmondo, tenor Zhengyi Bai as the Dancing Master and Lamplighter, mezzo-soprano Ashley Dixon as the Singer, baritone SeokJong Baek as the Innkeeper and Naval Captain, and bass-baritone Christian Pursell as the Sergeant of Archers.
Puerto Rican tenor Rafael Davila will sing the role of Des Grieux in one performance on Nov. 26, making his San Francisco Opera debut.
“Manon Lescaut” will mark Haroutounian’s fourth role debut on the War Memorial Opera House stage, having previously starred in the title roles of Puccini’s “Tosca,” “Madama Butterfly,” and Nedda in Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci.”
The opera opens on Nov. 8 and runs through Nov. 26, 2019.
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