English Touring Opera’s production of Puccini’s first big operatic success – a dramatic and musical triumph.

Based on a controversial book by the Abbé Prévost, Manon Lescaut is a devastating depiction of a woman wrestling with her desire for love on her own terms, and the rigid double standards imposed on her by society.

Jude Christian, fresh from a critically acclaimed Titus Andronicus at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, brings her incisive direction and a sharp, poetic new translation to the production. ETO Music Director Gerry Cornelius is the conductor.

The opera is in English with surtitles.

Come to a pre-performance talk before the opera to learn more about the creative process.

ETO also presents The Rake’s Progress on Saturday 23 March.

Jude Christian director
Gerry Cornelius conductor