DanielFrançoisEsprit Auber (17821871)
Manon Lescaut
Comic opera in three acts
on a libretto by Eugène Scribe
based on the novel by Abbé Prévost
New spoken texts: David Freeman

Staged by David Freeman
Sets and Costumes: David Roger

Film directed by Pierre Jourdan

Elizabeth Vidal: Manon Lescaut
Alain Gabriel: Le Chevalier des Grieux
René Massis: Le Marquis d'Hérigny
André Cognet: Lescaut
Brigitte Lafon: Marguerite
Alexandre Laiter: Gervais
Gilles Dubernet: Le Sergent / Renaud
Dominique Longuet: Durozeau
MarieThérèse Orain: Mme Bancelin
Catherine Estourelle: Zabi

Chœurs du Théâtre Français de la Musique
Danièle Facon, director

Orchestre Régional de Picardie "Le Sinfonietta"
Patrick Fournillier, conductor

Filmed in September 1990 at Paris Opéra Comique

Film restored in 4K UHD and remastered using careful use of Artificial Intelligence, in Altea Media / I Love TV Studios under the artistic and technical direction of Michel Swierczewski.