Manon Lescaut


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A newly translated Libretto featuring foreign language/English side-by-side, and music examples interspersed throughout the text.




Manon


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A comprehensive guide to Massenet's MANON, featuring Principal Characters in the opera, Brief Story Synopsis, Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples, and an insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis by Burton D. Fisher, noted opera author and lecturer.







Puccini's Manon Lescaut


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Opera Classics Library Puccini Companion


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A comprehensive guide to Puccini's 12 operas, featuring insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis, Story Narratives with over 120 Music Highlight Examples, and a newly translated Libretto of each opera (exclusing Turandot) with Italian English side-by-side.




Puccini's Manon Lescaut


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Ricordi, the Milanese publisher, promoted Puccini's Manon Lescaut, premièred in Turin in February, 1893, shortly after Leoncavallo's Pagliacci. Composed in the realistic, 'verismo' style, it was Puccini's first successful opera. The 18th century French novelist Prevost's lewd, witty and even pornographic story includes elopement, sex, gambling, murder, and death. Long considered unsuitable reading, it was comparable to Fielding's Tom Jones, Richardson's Pamela, and Cleland's Fanny Hill. Massenet, with Manon, had recently made his fortune with it The convent girl elopes from the.







Turandot


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