Question

A 1974 ballet about this character uses music by Jules Massenet (“JOOL mass-en-EY”) without drawing from his opera titled for her. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this character who struggles to choose between wealth and love, and dies from exposure in the arms of her lover Des Grieux (“deh gree-UH”) after being deported to Louisiana.
ANSWER: Manon Lescaut (“ma-NON less-COH”) [accept L’histoire de Manon; prompt on Lescaut]
[10h] L’histoire (“leest-WAH”) de Manon was created by this choreographer best known for his 1965 reimagining of Romeo and Juliet for the Royal Ballet, which was premiered by Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn.
ANSWER: Kenneth MacMillan
[10e] Macmillan used Massenet’s “Élégie” to underscore this type of dance between Manon and Des Grieux. These two-person dances have a French name literally meaning “step of two.”
ANSWER: pas de deux
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Cornell MATLABRIT001010
Syracuse+RochesterCornell R0000