| Composer: |
Hans Werner Henze |
| Librettist: |
Grete Weil |
| Work definition: |
Lyrisches Drama in seven scenes |
| After: |
After Walter Jockisch's 'Boulevard Solitude', itself based on Antoine-François Prévost's 'Manon Lescaut'. |
| World premiere: |
17 February 1952, Landestheater, Hanover |
| ROH premiere: |
20 March 2001, The Royal Opera |
| ROH company premiere: |
20 March 2001, The Royal Opera, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London |