Manon

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ballet full-length ballet romantic ballet

Manon is a full-length romantic ballet choreographed by Kenneth MacMillan, based on the Abbé Prévost novel "Manon Lescaut" and renowned for its dramatic intensity and demanding lead roles.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Manon canonical 7
Manon in Manon 2
Manon (title role) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ballet ⓘ
full-length ballet ⓘ
romantic ballet ⓘ
basedOn Manon Lescaut ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Abbé Prévost ⓘ
choreographer Kenneth MacMillan ⓘ
choreographerNationality British ⓘ
choreographicStyle classical ballet ⓘ
dramatic narrative ⓘ
costumeDesigner Nicholas Georgiadis ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
genre dramatic ballet ⓘ
romantic ballet ⓘ
hasForm narrative ballet ⓘ
languageOfSourceMaterial French ⓘ
leadCharacter Chevalier des Grieux ⓘ
Manon Lescaut ⓘ
musicCompiledBy Leighton Lucas ⓘ
musicComposerOfSources Jules Massenet ⓘ
musicOrchestratedBy Hilda Gaunt ⓘ
musicSourceType existing music by Jules Massenet ⓘ
notableFor demanding lead roles ⓘ
dramatic intensity ⓘ
originalChoreographer Kenneth MacMillan ⓘ
originalCompany The Royal Ballet ⓘ
originalLanguage no spoken dialogue ⓘ
originalProductionLanguageContext English ballet company ⓘ
premiereCompany The Royal Ballet ⓘ
premiereDate 1974-03-07 ⓘ
premierePlace Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ⓘ
surface form: Royal Opera House, London
producedByCompany The Royal Ballet ⓘ
repertoireOf American Ballet Theatre ⓘ
The Australian Ballet ⓘ
surface form: Australian Ballet

National Ballet of Canada ⓘ
Paris Opera Ballet ⓘ
Royal Danish Ballet ⓘ
The Royal Ballet ⓘ
settingCity Paris ⓘ
settingCountry France ⓘ
settingLocation Louisiana ⓘ
settingPeriod 18th century ⓘ
sourceWorkGenre novel ⓘ
sourceWorkPublicationCentury 18th century ⓘ
sourceWorkTitle Manon Lescaut ⓘ
structure three acts ⓘ
theme betrayal ⓘ
corruption ⓘ
love ⓘ
social ambition ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Royal Ballet → repertoireIncludes → Manon ⓘ
Opéra-Comique → notablePremiere → Manon ⓘ
Salle Favart → hasPremiere → Manon ⓘ
Ballet Theatre → performs → Manon ⓘ
subject surface form: American Ballet Theatre
Tamara Rojo → notableWork → Manon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manon (title role)
Julie Kent → notableRole → Manon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manon in Manon
Sylvie Guillem → notableWork → Manon ⓘ
Kenneth MacMillan → notableWork → Manon ⓘ
Darcey Bussell → notableRole → Manon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manon in Manon
Marianela Núñez → notableWork → Manon ⓘ