Manon Lescaut

Manon Lescaut was a pantomime-ballet in three acts with a score by Jacques Halévy, words by Eugène Scribe and Jean Aumer, and choreography by Aumer alone (see eighteenth-century volume for Aumer). It had its premiere at the Opéra on 3 May 1830 and was produced on 36 dates between its first performance and its last production on 6 August 1832. Also, an intermède from Manon Lescaut was included on two concert programs of 27 April and 4 May 1832. The ballet begins in the garden of the…