. The Victrola book of the opera : stories of one hundred and twenty operas with seven-hundred illustrations and descriptions of twelve-hundred Victor opera records . hiladelphia, inEnglish, August 29, 1894, with Selma, Kronold and Montegriffo. Given in French by asmall traveling company at Wallacks Theatre, May 27, 1898, and at the Tivoli Opera House,San Francisco, in 1905. Produced at Wallacks Theatre, New York, May 27, 1898, by theRoyal Italian Grand Opera Company. First important New York production, January 18,1907, with Caruso, Cavalieri and Scotti, under the direction of the composer, w
. The Victrola book of the opera : stories of one hundred and twenty operas with seven-hundred illustrations and descriptions of twelve-hundred Victor opera records . hiladelphia, inEnglish, August 29, 1894, with Selma, Kronold and Montegriffo. Given in French by asmall traveling company at Wallacks Theatre, May 27, 1898, and at the Tivoli Opera House,San Francisco, in 1905. Produced at Wallacks Theatre, New York, May 27, 1898, by theRoyal Italian Grand Opera Company. First important New York production, January 18,1907, with Caruso, Cavalieri and Scotti, under the direction of the composer, who then visitedAmerica for the first time. Revived at the Metropolitan in 1912, and given each seasonsince that time. Characters MANON LESCAUT Soprano LESCAUT, sergeant of the Kings Guards Baritone CHEVALIER DES GRIEUX (dh Gree-ay) Tenor GERONTE DE RAVOIR, Treasurer-General Bass EDMUND, a student Tenor An Innkeeper, a Dancing-master, a Sergeant, a Captain. Singers, Beaux andAbbes, Girls, Citizens, Students, People, Courtezans, Sailors. Scene and Period: Paris and vicinity ; second half of the eighteenth century. 285 VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA — MANON LESCAUT. THE STORY The Abbe Prevost romance has been treated operatically by several composers, thefirst being Halevy, who wrote a ballet on the subject in 1830. Other settings followed—byBalfe, 1836; Auber in 1856 and Massenet in 1884. Puccinis version consists of four detached scenes selected from the novel, and the hearershould possess some knowledge of the story to fully understand the action of the opera. The first act shows the courtyard of an inn at brother, Lescaut, a dissolute soldier, is escorting hispretty little sister to the convent where she is to complete hereducation. While Lescaut is carousing with some chancecompanions, Manon meets a handsome gallant, des Grieux,who chances to be dining at the inn, dressed as a prospect of school not appealing strongly to the younggirl, she readily ag
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