Klucz do Manon
The Key to Manon

Summary/Abstract: Mariusz Treliński, when directing Giacomo Puccini’s Manon Lescaut (Grand Theatre – National Opera, premiere: 25 X 2012), transfers the action to a metro station, or maybe a local rail network. Dressed in impeccable black suits, the protagonists ideally embody the contemporary human being: they have everything calculated in advance, move like programmed automatons and are incapable of displaying any deeper feelings or emotions. Agnieszka Marszałek, in her review, ponders who the title protagonist – according to Treliński’s intention – is meant to be within this environment, since Manon repeatedly discards the mask imposed by the environment, orchestrating an ingenious game.

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