by Jules Massenet · Oneworld Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780714540412
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«Manon» is the guide to Jules Massenet's opera of the same name, published by Oneworld Classics in paperback, with 128 pages and texts in English and French.
This guide begins with an overview of Massenet's career and continues with two essays on «Manon»: Hugh Macdonald analyzes the interplay between speech and song, and Vivienne Mylne traces the sources of Prévost's novel. It includes the French libretto with English translation, a thematic guide with musical notation, discography and bibliography.
Volume 25 of the English National Opera Guides series, in collaboration with English National Opera and The Royal Opera. Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille based on Prévost's «Manon Lescaut».
Aimed at music students and opera enthusiasts who want to approach «Manon» with study material.
