Manon Lescaut – Donna non vidi mai (Jonas Kaufmann, Den kongelige Opera)

Royal Opera House offentliggjort på Aug 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, Den kongelige 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. Men Puccini var ikke at blive afskrækket, claiming ‘a woman like Manon can have more than one lover’. Trods en urolige drægtighed (fem librettisterne var involveret i projektet), premieren på Manon Lescaut i 1893 was Puccini’s first major triumph – a hit with critics and the public alike.