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Manon Lescaut. The Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut ( French: Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux, et de Manon Lescaut [istwaʁ dy ʃ (ə)valje de ɡʁijø e d (ə) manɔ̃ lɛsko]) is a novel by Antoine François Prévost. Published in 1731, it is the seventh and final volume of Mémoires et aventures d'un homme de ...
Manon 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 , based on the 1731 novel Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux, et de Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prévost.
Manon Lescaut, publié pour la première fois en 1731 sous le titre de La véritable histoire du chevalier Des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut, est un roman-mémoires de l’ abbé Prévost, septième et dernier volume des Mémoires et aventures d’un homme de qualité qui s’est retiré du monde, rédigés de 1728 à 1731.
Feb 1, 2018 · Three years before he premiered “La Bohème,” Puccini gave the world “Manon Lescaut.” The opera, based on the novel by Abbé Prévost, premiered on Feb. 1, 1893, and put Puccini in the public eye as a serious opera composer.
Manon Lescaut, sentimental novel by Antoine-François, Abbé Prévost d’Exiles, published in 1731 as the last installment of Prévost’s seven-volume opus Mémoires et aventures d’un homme de qualité qui s’est retiré du monde (1728–31; “Memories and Adventures of a Man of Quality Who Has Retired from the World”).
Cast. Manon Lescaut (soprano) Lescaut, her brother and guardian (baritone) Chevalier Renato des Grieux, a student (tenor) Geronte di Revoir, Treasurer General (bass) Edmondo, a student (tenor) Innkeeper (bass) Singer (mezzo-soprano) Dance Master (tenor)
The beloved Italian soprano first gave her renowned interpretation of the role in 1984. Photo: James Heffernan. Soprano Leontyne Price’s brilliant Met career consisted mainly of Verdi roles, but she sang Tosca in 1962 and Manon Lescaut, seen here, in 1975.
