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Bookmark or Share- Manon Lescaut (Puccini) - WikipediaManon Lescaut (Italian: [maˈnɔn leˈsko]) is an Italian-language opera in four acts composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1889 and 1892 to a libretto by Luigi Illica, Marco Praga and Domenico Oliva [it], based on the 1731 novel Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux, et de Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prévost.
- Manon Lescaut - WikipediaPublished in 1731, it is the seventh and final volume of Mémoires et aventures d'un homme de qualité (Memoirs and Adventures of a Man of Quality). The story, set in France and Louisiana in the early 18th century, follows the hero, the Chevalier des Grieux, and his lover, Manon Lescaut.
- Manon Lescaut - The Kennedy CenterUpon its 1893 premiere, Manon Lescaut was hailed as a critical and popular success, and quickly taken up by opera houses throughout the world. The royalties from Manon Lescaut brought him enormous wealth, and Puccini continued his success with La bohème, Tosca and Madama Butterfly.
- Manon Lescaut - Metropolitan OperaGian Carlo Menotti’s lavish new production of Manon Lescaut, designed by Desmond Heeley, “had the public in ecstasies” in 1980. Searingly passionate performances by soprano Renata Scotto in the title role and tenor Plácido Domingo as her lover were preserved on the Met’s first telecast of the opera that season.
- Manon Lescaut: Synopsis - Stanford UniversityA postillion's horn is heard and a diligence arrives, from which Lescaut, Geronte, and Manon alight. Des Grieux is enchanted with Manon's beauty, and when Lescaut goes into the inn, approaches Manon, and obtains her consent to meet him later.
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