Manon

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Manon is a French opera by Jules Massenet, based on Abbé Prévost’s novel about the tragic love affair of the young woman Manon Lescaut and the Chevalier des Grieux.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Manon canonical 5

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf opera ⓘ
actCount 5 ⓘ
basedOn L’Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Abbé Prévost ⓘ
catalogueNumber none (not commonly catalogued with an opus number) ⓘ
character Comte des Grieux ⓘ
De Brétigny ⓘ
linked to: Brétigny

Guillot de Morfontaine ⓘ
Javotte ⓘ
Lescaut ⓘ
Poussette ⓘ
linked to: Graco

Rosette ⓘ
commissionedBy Opéra-Comique ⓘ
composer Jules Massenet ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
desGrieuxVoiceType tenor ⓘ
firstDesGrieuxPerformer Talazac ⓘ
firstManonPerformer Marie Heilbronn ⓘ
firstPerformanceConductor Jules Danbé ⓘ
genre opera comique tradition ⓘ
hasBalletAdaptation yes ⓘ
hasFilmAdaptation yes ⓘ
language French ⓘ
librettist Henri Meilhac ⓘ
Philippe Gille ⓘ
mainCharacter Chevalier des Grieux ⓘ
Manon Lescaut ⓘ
notableAria Adieu, notre petite table ⓘ
Ah! fuyez, douce image ⓘ
En fermant les yeux ⓘ
Je suis encore tout étourdie ⓘ
Obéissons quand leur voix appelle ⓘ
notableEnsemble Finale of Act II ⓘ
originalTheatre Salle Favart ⓘ
premiereCity Paris ⓘ
premiereCountry France ⓘ
premiereDate 1884-01-19 ⓘ
premierePlace Opéra-Comique, Paris ⓘ
linked to: Opéra-Comique
publisher Heugel ⓘ
setting France ⓘ
settingPeriod early 18th century ⓘ
structure five acts ⓘ
style French Romantic opera ⓘ
subject gambling ⓘ
moral downfall ⓘ
seduction ⓘ
social ambition ⓘ
tragic love affair ⓘ
titleRoleVoiceType soprano ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Opéra-Comique → premieredWork → Manon ⓘ
subject linked to: Opéra-Comique, Paris, France
Jules Massenet → notableWork → Manon ⓘ
subject linked to: Jules