Edited sentence: He's apparently saved at some point and is eventually appointed the new governor of the settlement in Louisiana where Manon has been sent and where she ultimately dies).However, cutting too much of the dialogue can be dangerous since that's where much of the action takes place and where many little and important details can be discovered (such as the fact the Marquis doesn't actually die at the end of Act II.It's stunning and beautiful music.Much of the dialogue must be cut and modified in order to be more workable.Scribe's libretto was brilliant, if overly long.The way it was written, in full, makes the opera more of a very long play with an incredible amount of virtuosic music in between.This opera should be in the repertoire of most major houses