Manon (Massenet, Jules)

Title Manon
Alternative title Opéra-comique en cinq actes et six tableaux
Creators Jules Massenet, composer
Henri Meilhac, librettist
Philippe Gille, librettist
Opus
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus and orchestra
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Composed 1883
First published 1884
Dedication A Madame Carvalho
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Composition types Operas comiques
Language French
Period Romantic
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Arrangements

Details Section Arranged for Arranger
View Complete piano 4 hands Ernest Alder
View Gavotte violin and piano R. Heldburg

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
View Complete G. Hartmann 1884 Complete Score
Prelude & Act I
Act II
Act III
Act IV
Act V
View Complete parts G. Hartmann Flute 1/2/Piccolo
Oboe 1/2/English Horn
Clarinet 1/2 (A/B)
Bassoon 1/2
Horn 1/2 (B/D/E/F/G)
Horn 3/4 (F)
Cornet 1/2 (A/B)
Trombone 1/2
Trombone 3
Timpani
Bass Drum/Cymbals/Tam-Tam, Snare Drum/Whip,
Triangle/Sleigh Bells/Glockenspiel

Harp
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos/Basses
View Complete parts Manuscript Clarinet (A)
Bassoon
Violin 1
Violin 2
Cello
Bass
View Complete parts Manuscript Organ
View Complete vocal score Manuscript 1882 Part 1 of 3
Part 2 of 3
Part 3 of 3
View Complete vocal score G. Hartmann 1884 Complete Score (mono)
Complete Score (color)
Title Page, Contents, Prelude and Act I
Act II
Act III, Scene 1
Act III, Scene 2
Act IV
Act V, plus Appendix
View Complete vocal score G. Hartmann 1885 Complete Score
View Complete vocal score Fürstner Complete Score
Preliminaries - Act I - Act II
Act III - Act IV
View Complete vocal score Moscow: Jurgenson? Complete Score
Preliminaries - Act I
Act II - Act III, Sc.1
Act III, Sc.2 - Act IV - Act V
View Complete vocal score G. Hartmann 1885 Complete Score (color)
Complete Score (mono)
View Gavotte (Act III) vocal score G. Hartmann Complete Score
View Complete Ditson 1895 Complete Libretto
View Complete Milan: Edoardo Sonzogno 1898 Complete libretto
View Complete Casa Musicale Sonzogno 1940 Complete Libretto
View Complete Arrangement for piano 4 hands
by Ernest Alder
Heugel 1894 Complete Score
Part 1
Part 2
View Gavotte Arrangement for violin and piano
by R. Heldburg
Fürstner 1913 Complete Score and Violin Part
Complete Score
Violin

Recordings/Performances

DetailsSectionEnsemblePerformersFiles (click to listen)
View Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris (orchestra) Mado Robin, soprano
Pierre Dervaux, conductor
Air de Manon “Suis-je gentille ainsi”
View Selections Tito Schipa, tenor La reve (Act II)


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