Manon Lescaut (Puccini)

Manon Lescaut (Italian: [maˈnɔn leˈsko]) is an Italian-language opera in four acts composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1889 and 1892 to a libretto by Luigi Illica, Marco Praga and Domenico Oliva, based on the 1731 novel Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux, et de Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prévost. The opera was first performed in 1893 in Turin, at the Teatro Regio.

Manon Lescaut
Opera by Giacomo Puccini
Postcard commemorating the premiere
Librettist
LanguageItalian
Based onAbbé Prévost's novel Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux, et de Manon Lescaut
Premiere
1 February 1893 (1893-02-01)
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