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.
Statements (49)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Opéra-Comique