Royal Opera House Published on 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, 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. Nanging Puccini iki ora bakal dissuaded, claiming ‘a woman like Manon can have more than one lover’. Senadyan sing gestation masalah (limang librettists padha melu ing project), perdana saka Manon Lescaut ing 1893 was Puccini’s first major triumph – a hit with critics and the public alike.

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