Composer: |
Giacomo Puccini |
Music title: |
Manon Lescaut (1893) |
Librettist: |
Domenico Oliva |
Librettist: |
Luigi Illica |
Work definition: |
Dramma lirico in four acts |
After: |
After the novel 'L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut' by Abbé Prévost |
Language: |
Italian |
World premiere: |
1 February 1893, Teatro Regio, Turin |
ROH premiere: |
14 May 1894, Sir Augustus Harris Opera Company |
ROH company premiere: |
27 November 1968, The Royal Opera, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London |