Royal Opera House Gepubliseer op Augustus 21, 2015
Jonas Kaufmann as Des Grieux sings ‘Donna non vidi mai’ from Act I of Jonathan Kent’s production of Giacomo Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, Die Royal Opera, 2014.

Puccini’s publisher tried to prevent him from adapting Abbé Prévost’s L’Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut – Massenet had already created a highly successful opera based on the novel. Maar Puccini was nie te ontmoedig nie, claiming ‘a woman like Manon can have more than one lover’. Ten spyte van 'n moeilike swangerskap (Vyf librettists betrokke was by die projek), die première van Manon Lescaut in 1893 was Puccini’s first major triumph – a hit with critics and the public alike.

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