MANON – MASSENET
Presented on Apr. 20, 23 1949 at the Olympia Theatre Dublin as part of the Dublin Operatic Society’s Spring Season
Elena Danieli – Manon
Heddle Nash – Des Grieux
Dennis Noble – Lescaut
Leo Maguire – Count
Frank Purcell – Guillot
Maelgwyn Williams – De Bretigny
Chrystal Jackson – Pousette
Hilda Duffy – Javotte
Eilis Mulvey – Rosette
Kevin O’Gorman – Servant
Brendan Kavanagh – Porter
D Michael Brierley – Conductor
J J Henry – Producer
Sadly, there is no known recording of this (or, indeed, any other performance of the Dublin Operatic Society), but both Dennis Noble and Heddle Nash had taken part in a BBC Broadcast of Massenet’s Manon – in English – ten years earlier:
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