Scribe transformed Manon into a frivolous young woman, who sincerely falls in love with Des Grieux but has the misfortune to always find herself in the wrong place at the wrong time
The opera premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris in 1884, achieving overwhelmingly popular success, with the audience repeatedly calling out the singers and composer for encores and curtain calls
In Puccini’s hands, the story of Manon, an eighteenth-century femme fatale hopelessly in love with the student Des Grieux, but also with a life of luxury, becomes a compelling, fast-paced drama.
Il Regio, dietro le quinte e in platea: studio interdisciplinare di uno dei titoli della Stagione d’Opera e di Balletto con visione delle prove e dello spettacolo
Rossini combines comedy and feelings, mixing light and melancholic tones in an opera where youthful passion alternates with moments of grotesque humor.
