Manon Lescaut

Manon Lescaut is an Italian opera in four acts by Giacomo Puccini, first performed in Turin, on February 1, 1893, libretto by Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa, Giulio Ricordi, Marco Praga and Domenico Oliva. Puccini's third opera and the work that established his reputation.

Principal roles

• Manon - soprano
• des Grieux - tenor
• Lescaut - baritone
• Geronte - bass
• Edmondo - tenor

Manon Lescaut Media

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  Manon Lescaut and Her Lover, Des Grieux, Are Set Ashore in Louisiana (1896), by Albert Lynch

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  Antoine François Prévost (1697-1763) aumônier de s.a.s. Mgr. le Prince Conti

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  The Burial of Manon Lescaut by Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret. Oil on canvas. Signed, inscribed and dated “P. A. J. DAGNAN-BOUVERET, Réduction d’après l’original exposé au Salon de 1878 Paris, Sep-Oct 1878”

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  1827 engraving of Manon crying, consoled by des Grieux, during one of their stints of poverty

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  Illustration by Maurice Leloir for a 1904 edition, showing des Grieux and Manon being arrested in the young G—— M——'s bedroom.

Reference

• The Complete Dictionary of Opera & Operetta, James Anderson, Wings Books, 1993.