Manon Lescaut

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Manon Lescaut is an Italian opera in four acts by Giacomo Puccini, based on Abbé Prévost’s novel about the tragic love affair between the young chevalier Des Grieux and the alluring Manon.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian opera ⓘ
opera ⓘ
basedOn L'Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut ⓘ
linked to: Manon Lescaut
basedOnAuthor Abbé Prévost ⓘ
catalogueNote first major success for Puccini ⓘ
character Dancing master ⓘ
Edmondo ⓘ
Geronte di Ravoir ⓘ
Innkeeper ⓘ
Lescaut ⓘ
Naval captain ⓘ
Sergeant of archers ⓘ
composer Giacomo Puccini ⓘ
composerWorkNumber Puccini's third opera ⓘ
desGrieuxVoiceType tenor ⓘ
firstPerformanceCountry Italy ⓘ
followedBy La Bohème ⓘ
genre verismo opera ⓘ
GeronteVoiceType bass ⓘ
language Italian ⓘ
LescautVoiceType baritone ⓘ
librettist Domenico Oliva ⓘ
Giulio Ricordi ⓘ
linked to: G. Ricordi & C.

Giuseppe Giacosa ⓘ
Luigi Illica ⓘ
Marco Praga ⓘ
Ruggero Leoncavallo ⓘ
mainCharacter Chevalier des Grieux ⓘ
Manon Lescaut ⓘ
mainTheme betrayal ⓘ
passion ⓘ
social ambition ⓘ
tragic love ⓘ
notableAria Donna non vidi mai ⓘ
In quelle trine morbide ⓘ
Sola, perduta, abbandonata ⓘ
numberOfActs 4 ⓘ
orchestration full symphony orchestra ⓘ
originalPublisher Casa Ricordi ⓘ
period late Romantic ⓘ
precededBy Edgar ⓘ
premiereDate 1893-02-01 ⓘ
premierePlace Teatro Regio, Turin ⓘ
setting France ⓘ
United States ⓘ
structure four acts ⓘ
subjectMatter love affair between Des Grieux and Manon Lescaut ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting 18th century ⓘ
titleRoleVoiceType soprano ⓘ

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Giacomo Puccini → notableWork → Manon Lescaut ⓘ
Anna Netrebko → notableWork → Manon Lescaut ⓘ
Kristīne Opolais → notableRole → Manon Lescaut ⓘ
When a Man Loves → basedOn → Manon Lescaut ⓘ
When a Man Loves → featuresCharacter → Manon Lescaut ⓘ
When a Man Loves → hasWorkingTitle → Manon Lescaut ⓘ
Manon Lescaut → basedOn → L'Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut ⓘ
linked to: Manon Lescaut
Manon Lescaut → mainCharacter → Manon Lescaut ⓘ
Manon → basedOn → Manon Lescaut ⓘ
Manon → sourceWorkTitle → Manon Lescaut ⓘ
Manon → leadCharacter → Manon Lescaut ⓘ
Kristīne Opolais → notableRole → Manon Lescaut ⓘ
subject linked to: Opolais
Puccini arias → associatedOpera → Manon Lescaut ⓘ
Chevalier des Grieux → appearsIn → Manon Lescaut ⓘ
Chevalier des Grieux → fictionalUniverse → Manon Lescaut universe ⓘ
linked to: Manon Lescaut
Chevalier des Grieux → mainCharacterOf → Manon Lescaut ⓘ
Chevalier des Grieux → loveInterest → Manon Lescaut ⓘ
Vítězslav Nezval → notableWork → Manon Lescaut (drama adaptation) ⓘ
linked to: Manon Lescaut
Manon → mainCharacter → Manon Lescaut ⓘ
Puccini operas → includesWork → Manon Lescaut ⓘ
Luigi Illica → wroteLibrettoFor → Manon Lescaut ⓘ
Giuseppe Giacosa → wroteLibrettoFor → Manon Lescaut ⓘ
Domenico Oliva → notableWork → Manon Lescaut (libretto) ⓘ
linked to: Manon Lescaut