Original title: «Manon»

Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based on the novel by Antoine Francois Prevo "The History of the Chevalier Des Grieux and Manon Lescaut"

Musical Director and Conductor: Marin Balan Maestru în Artă
Directed by: Sandu Vasilache Artist al Poporului
Art director: Yuri Mathey Maestru în Artă
Chief Choirmaster: Ion Bretesku
Choreographer Eugene Girnet Maestru în Artă
Conductor - Dmitry Kyrchumaru

The first performance took place on January 19, 1884, in "Opera Comique", Paris Premiere in Chisinau: on 22 January 2012, at the National Opera and Ballet Theatre

Cast:
Manon Lescaut - Rodica Pichiryanu
Chevalier des Grieux - Nicholas Busuyok, Artist al Poporului
Lesko - Boris Materinko, Artist Emerit
Count des Grieux - Vitaly Chiresh
De Bretigny - Alex Digora
Gilo de Morfonten - Victor Nowitzki
Pussetta - Tatiana Dulgier
Zhavotta - Anastasia Apreutesy
Rosetta - Tatiana Virlan
Hotelier - Gennady Zavidia

Travellers servants and maids in the hotel, the public garden, the monks, the players, the soldiers

The action takes place in France, XVIII