Manon Lescaut

Manon Lescaut is the fi rst volume of the series u201cThe operas of Giacomo Pucciniu201d – Critical Edition – in collaboration with Archivio storico Ricordi and Fondazione Simonetta Puccini. It makes available the three main versions of the opera that have survived in various sources: an 1893 version, with the original Act I finale, the fi rst version of Manonu2019s Act IV aria, and the uncut version of the fi nal duet in Act IV; a u201cmidcareeru201d version imagined by Puccini in the fi rst decade of the new century, when he sanctioned the almost complete omission of Manonu2019s Act IV aria; and fi nally the last version that Puccini lived to approve, with Manonu2019s aria restored, albeit with a revised literary text. The volume is introduced by a preface to the Puccini Critical Edition, an historical introduction, a detailed description of the operau2019s many sources and a lengthy critical commentary which discusses numerous problematic details in the musical text.

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