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Manon

Approximate running time 3 hrs. 35 min.

The Abbé Prevost’s novel about Manon Lescaut by was first published in 1731, and became his most popular book. The story of the Chevalier who falls in love with the beautiful Manon captured the imagination of the public and of several composers (Auber, Puccini and Henze all wrote operas on the subject). Massenet wrote not one but two operas about Manon, and his masterpiece has held the stage since it was first seen in Paris in 1884. It contains some of his greatest arias, including Manon’s “Adieu, notre petite table” and des Grieux’s “Ah! Fuyez, douce image”.

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