Manon by Jules Massenet at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona
When Abbé Antoine-François Prévost wrote L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut in 1731, he little imagined it would provide inspiration for operatic composers. Yet for Auber... Read allWhen Abbé Antoine-François Prévost wrote L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut in 1731, he little imagined it would provide inspiration for operatic composers. Yet for Auber, Massenet, Puccini and others it did. Jules Massenet's score portrays the French Regency ... Read allWhen Abbé Antoine-François Prévost wrote L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut in 1731, he little imagined it would provide inspiration for operatic composers. Yet for Auber, Massenet, Puccini and others it did. Jules Massenet's score portrays the French Regency period which saw the twilight of an old world unable to move forward and the apparent birt... Read all