Manon Lescaut – Donna non vidi mai (Jonas Kaufmann, Royal Opera The)

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 The, 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. Laakiin Puccini ahaa inaan la dissuaded, claiming ‘a woman like Manon can have more than one lover’. Inkastoo uurka qasmay (shan librettists ayaa ku hawlan mashruuca), Ciyaar ee Manon Lescaut in 1893 was Puccini’s first major triumph – a hit with critics and the public alike.