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Manon - Massenet, Jules, and Tracey, Edmund (Translated by), and John, Nicholas (Volume editor)
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The story of Manon Lescaut has become part of the European imagination: she is the fun-loving 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 G???rard Cond???, and includes two essays about this particular opera. Professor Hugh Macdonald explores the interplay of speech and song in Manon and ...

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Manon 2011, Overture Publishing, Richmond

ISBN-13: 9780714544267

Paperback

Manon 1984, Calder Publications, London, England

ISBN-13: 9780714540412

Trade paperback