Original: Manon is an opÃ ra comique in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based on the 1731 novel Lâ histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by the AbbÃ PrÃ vost. It was first performed at the OpÃ ra-Comique in Paris on January 19, 1884.
Simplified: Manon is a French opera in five acts by Jules Massenet, first performed at the OpÃ ra-Comique in Paris, on March 19, 1884, libretto by Henri Meilhac et Philippe Gile, after the AbbÃ Antoine-Fran Ã ois PrÃ vost's L'histoire du Chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut.