Manon Lescaut - Fisher, Burton D.; Opera Journeys Publishing ([Coral Gables, Fla.] : Opera Journeys, 2000)
Story synopsis -- Principal characters in the opera -- Story narrative with music highlights -- Puccini and Manon Lescaut.
Chiefly English, some excerpts in Italian.
"Italian opera in four acts by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Domenico Oliva, Marco Praga, Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica and Giulio Ricordi, after the novel by the Abbé Prévost, L'Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut (1731)."
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Keywords: Puccini, Giacomo, -- 1858-1924.; Puccini, Giacomo, -- 1858-1924. -- Criticism and interpretation; Manon Lescaut (Puccini, Giacomo); Operas -- Stories, plots, etc; MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Opera; Operas; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Stories, plots, etc