Royal Opera House Dimuat dina 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, Nu 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. Tapi Puccini teu bisa dissuaded, claiming ‘a woman like Manon can have more than one lover’. Najan a gestation troubled (lima librettists anu kalibet dina proyék), nu premiere of Manon Lescaut di 1893 was Puccini’s first major triumph – a hit with critics and the public alike.

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