Massenet And His Operas
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His music treats Manon's shallow feelings as if they were as sincere as the love of Des Grieux for her.
One suspects that it was at his instigation that his librettists, H. Meilhac and Ph. Gille, com- mitted a dramatic blunder in order not to alienate the sympathies of the audience. Prevost makes it clear in his story why Manon was deported: she had been repeatedly arrested for cheating and stealing. In the opera, there is not the slightest intimation of this, the hearer being left to suppose s...he is exiled from France simply for being a courtesan and for having been accused of being a gambler's accomplice. The Chevalier also is presented in a much more favourable light in the opera than in the story.
The librettists must be congratulated on having had the good sense to eliminate the ridiculous "American" finale of Prevost's story, and in having inserted the splendidly operatic scene in the Seminary, which Scribe had overlooked when he adapted this story for Auber. Altogether, they provided Massenet with excellent oppor- tunities for the exercise of his facile pen and he made such good use of them that many consider Manon his best opera.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
His music treats Manon's shallow feelings as if they were as sincere as the love of Des Grieux for her.
One suspects that it was at his instigation that his librettists, H. Meilhac and Ph. Gille, com- mitted a dramatic blunder in order not to alienate the sympathies of the audience. Prevost makes it clear in his story why Manon was deported: she had been repeatedly arrested for cheating and stealing. In the opera, there is not the slightest intimation of this, the hearer being left to suppose s...he is exiled from France simply for being a courtesan and for having been accused of being a gambler's accomplice. The Chevalier also is presented in a much more favourable light in the opera than in the story.
The librettists must be congratulated on having had the good sense to eliminate the ridiculous "American" finale of Prevost's story, and in having inserted the splendidly operatic scene in the Seminary, which Scribe had overlooked when he adapted this story for Auber. Altogether, they provided Massenet with excellent oppor- tunities for the exercise of his facile pen and he made such good use of them that many consider Manon his best opera.
What to read after Massenet And His Operas?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Henry T Finck to read onlineMoreLess
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