Manon Lescaut
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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 qualité ...
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.
Manon Lescaut is a Puccini opera based on a novel about a doomed love affair. Learn about the story, the cast, the settings, and the themes of this tragic drama.
A classic example of the 18th-century novel of feeling, Manon Lescaut tells the story of a young man of good family who ruins his life for a courtesan. From an early age, Prévost displayed many of the weaknesses characteristic of the hero of his most famous work.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Feb 1, 2018 · Learn about the plot, musical numbers and history of Puccini's opera based on the novel by Abbé Prévost. Listen to the famous arias of Des Grieux and Manon, sung by Maria Callas and Giuseppe Di Stefano.
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