Manon (3.0/5)

Australian Ballet

(Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan, Music: Jules Massenet. Manon: Leanne Benjamin, Des Grieux; Robert Curran)
Opera Theatre, Sydney Opera House.

13^th December 2008

Enjoyable if a little uneven. Act 1 skips through key encounters that set-up the later drama. Robert Curran delights as ever, excelling in grief when Manon dies in his arms. The orchestra and solo dancers occasionally lacked energy in an otherwise solid production that is perhaps not the obvious “Christmas classic”.