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==== List of dramas, operas and ballets ==== * ''The Virtuous Courtesan'' ({{Langx|fr|La Courtisane vertueuse}}) (1772), a theatrical comedy by Brenner à C. Ribié{{Sfn|Sgard|1995|p=178}}{{Efn|In four acts. This play was first published in London and Paris in 1772, and reprinted with the title ''Manon Lescaut ou la courtisane vertueuse'' in 1774, but not performed until 1782.{{sfn|Sgard|1995|p=178}}}} * ''Manon Lescaut et le chevalier Desgrieux'' (1820), a melodrama by [[Étienne Gosse]]{{Sfn|Sgard|1995|p=180}} * ''Manon Lescaut'' (1830), a ballet by [[Jean-Louis Aumer]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=The story of Manon – in literature, film and pop |url=https://www.ballet.org.uk/blog-detail/story-manon-literature-film-pop/ |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=English National Ballet |language=en-GB}}</ref>{{Efn|Music by Fromental Halevy. First performed at the Paris Opera Ballet.}} * ''Manon Lescaut, or the Maid of Artois'' (1836), an opera by the Irish composer [[Michael William Balfe|Michael-William Balfe]]{{Sfn|Sgard|1995|p=191}}{{Efn|Libretto by Bunn. First performed at Drury Lane on May 27, 1836, sung by Malibran.{{sfn|Sgard|1995|p=191}}}} * ''Manon Lescaut'' (1846), a ballet by Giovanni Casati<ref name=":0" />{{Efn|Music by Vincenzo Bellini. First staged at Teatro Alla Scalla. Ends with Manon marrying Des Grieux rather than dying.}} * ''Manon Lescaut'' (1851), a drama by [[Théodore Barrière]] and Marc Fournier{{Sfn|Sgard|1995|p=191}} * ''Manon Lescaut'' (1852), a ballet by Giovanni Colinelli<ref name=":0" />{{Efn|Music by Matthias Trebinger.}} * ''[[Manon Lescaut (Auber)|Manon Lescaut]]'' (1856), an opera by French composer [[Daniel Auber]]{{Sfn|Sgard|1995|p=191}}{{Efn|Comic opera in three acts. Libretto by [[Eugène Scribe]]. First performed at the [[Opéra-Comique]].{{sfn|Sgard|1995|p=191}}}} * ''[[Manon]]'' (1884), an opera by French composer [[Jules Massenet]]{{Sfn|Sgard|1995|p=191}}{{Efn|Comic opera in five acts. Libretto by [[Henri Meilhac]] and [[Philippe Gilles]]. First performed at the Opéra-Comique on January 19, 1884.{{sfn|Sgard|1995|p=191}}}} * ''Manon Lescaut, or the Castle of Lorme'' ({{Langx|de|Manon Lescaut oder Schloss de Lorme}}) (1887), an opera by Richard Kleinmichel{{Sfn|Sgard|1995|p=192}} * ''[[Manon Lescaut (Puccini)|Manon Lescaut]]'' (1893), an opera by the Italian composer [[Giacomo Puccini]]{{Sfn|Sgard|1995|p=192}}{{Efn|Lyric drama in four acts. Libretto by L. Illica, G. Giacosa. M. Praga, R. Leoncavallo, and G. Ricordi. First performed in Turin, February 1, 1893.{{sfn|Sgard|1995|p=192}}}} * ''Manon Lescaut'' (1940), a drama in verse by Czech poet [[Vítězslav Nezval]]<ref name=":0" />{{Efn|First performed at the D40 theatre, a radical theatre in Prague.}} * ''[[Boulevard Solitude]]'' (1952), an opera by German composer [[Hans Werner Henze]]{{Sfn|Sgard|1995|p=192}}{{Efn|Lyric drama in seven acts. Libretto by Greta Wiel. First performed in Hanover on February 17, 1952.}} * ''[[L'histoire de Manon|Manon]]'' (1974), a ballet with music by [[Jules Massenet]] and choreography by [[Kenneth MacMillan]]<ref name="MacMillan">{{Cite web |date=2014-11-03 |title=Manon |url=http://www.kennethmacmillan.com/ballets/all-works/1970-1977/manon.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103170736/http://www.kennethmacmillan.com/ballets/all-works/1970-1977/manon.html |archive-date=2014-11-03 |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=Kenneth MacMillan}}</ref>{{Efn|The music by Massenet is not from Massenet's ''Manon Lescaut'', but rather is a selection of his other pieces selected to suit MacMillan's version of the story.<ref name="MacMillan"/>}} * ''Manon'' (2015), a musical written for the [[Takarazuka Revue|Takarazuka]] troupe by librettist/director Keiko Ueda and composer Joy Son<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Performance Info: 'Manon' |url=https://kageki.hankyu.co.jp/english/revue/2015/manon/index_tokyo.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250216225207/https://kageki.hankyu.co.jp/english/revue/2015/manon/index_tokyo.html |archive-date=2025-02-16 |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=Takarazuka Revue}}</ref>
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