Manon

Manon is a French opera in five acts by Jules Massenet, first performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, on March 19, 1884, libretto by Henri Meilhac et Philippe Gile, after the Abbé Antoine-François Prévost's L'histoire du Chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut. An immediate success, it has remained one of the most popular of French operas.

 Principal roles and voice types 
 Manon - soprano
 Chevalier des Grieux - tenor
 Lescaut - baritone
 Comte des Grieux - bass
 Guillot de Morfontaine - tenor
 Monsieur de Brétigny - baritone

 Sources 
 The Complete Dictionary of Opera & Operetta, James Anderson, Vikings Books, 1989.

Category:1880s operas