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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf opera
actCount 5
basedOn L’Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut NERFINISHED
basedOnAuthor Abbé Prévost NERFINISHED
catalogueNumber none (not commonly catalogued with an opus number)
character Comte des Grieux NERFINISHED
De Brétigny NERFINISHED
Guillot de Morfontaine NERFINISHED
Javotte NERFINISHED
Lescaut NERFINISHED
Poussette NERFINISHED
Rosette NERFINISHED
commissionedBy Opéra-Comique NERFINISHED
composer Jules Massenet NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
desGrieuxVoiceType tenor
firstDesGrieuxPerformer Talazac NERFINISHED
firstManonPerformer Marie Heilbronn NERFINISHED
firstPerformanceConductor Jules Danbé NERFINISHED
genre opera comique tradition
hasBalletAdaptation yes
hasFilmAdaptation yes
language French
librettist Henri Meilhac NERFINISHED
Philippe Gille NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Chevalier des Grieux NERFINISHED
Manon Lescaut NERFINISHED
notableAria Adieu, notre petite table NERFINISHED
Ah! fuyez, douce image
En fermant les yeux
Je suis encore tout étourdie
Obéissons quand leur voix appelle
notableEnsemble Finale of Act II NERFINISHED
originalTheatre Salle Favart NERFINISHED
premiereCity Paris NERFINISHED
premiereCountry France NERFINISHED
premiereDate 1884-01-19
premierePlace Opéra-Comique, Paris NERFINISHED
publisher Heugel NERFINISHED
setting France NERFINISHED
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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Opéra-Comique, Paris, France premieredWork Manon
subject surface form: Opéra-Comique