Composer Jules Massenet (1842–1912) exercised a profound influence on French opera, and Manon is the masterpiece of his numerous works. Manon's 1884 premiere at the Opera-Comique in Paris secured Massenet's position as the leading French opera composer of his day. Offering an abundance of suave, sensuous melody, and what d'Indy called a "discreet and semi-religious eroticism," this opera has been a staple of the repertoire for over a century. In addition to its tremendous popularity in France, the work has been played in the leading opera houses, and the roles of Manon and Des Grieux have attracted many of the world's greatest singers, including Nellie Melba and Enrico Caruso. Massenet possessed a natural sense of graceful melody in a distinctively French style. In Manon he used leading themes and experimented with having the dialogue not sung in the usual recitativo secco but spoken over a slightly orchestral accompaniment. The opera's continuing success attests to the success of Massenet's innovation and music and opera lovers will delight in this attractive, inexpensive edition of the complete full score, reproduced from an authoritative French edition.

Manon in Full Score (Dover Music Scores)

Arts & Photography

Massenet, Jules

Music

Dover Publications

English National Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera. They provide stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in English and the original. The story of Manon Lescaut has become part of the European imagination: she is the funloving woman who is irresistible to men. Of Massenet's many operas, she inspired the most popular one, and this libretto shows his minute attention to detail in bringing the character and the period to life. This guide opens with a general survey of Massenet's career by the musicologist Gérard Condé, and includes two essays about this particular opera. Professor Hugh Macdonald explores the interplay of speech and song in Manon and Massenet's genius for comedy. Professor Vivienne Mylne traces the sources and context of Prévost's novel.

Manon: (English National Opera Guide 25)

Reference

Overture Publishing

Narcisse; Idylle Antique, Pour Solo & Choeur. [poëme De] Paul Collin (French Edition)

History

Legare Street Press

Grisélidis: Grand Opera in Three Acts and a Prologue

Literature & Fiction

Dramas & Plays

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Manon: Opera In Five Acts (1895)

Gille, Philippe

Meilhac, Henri

Kessinger Publishing

My Recollections: -1919

Cornell University Library

My Recollections

Biographies & Memoirs

BiblioLife

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Cain, Henri

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