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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.
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Synopsis: Manon Lescaut Select a language to update the synopsis text. Composer. Giacomo Puccini ... Find The Metropolitan Opera on Facebook (opens new window)
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.
Gian 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.
Giacomo Puccini: Manon LescautManon Lescaut - Renata ScottoDes Grieux - Plácido DomingoLescaut - Pablo ElviraGeronte - Renato CapecchiEdmondo - Philip Creech...
Aug 2, 2011 · Manon Lescaut is an opera in four acts by Giacomo Puccini. The story is based on the 1731 novel L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by the...
