Manon Collection

Title Characters
A series of illustrations showing title characters from various operas, films and plays, including Daphnis Et Chloe, Hernani, Judith and Holofernes, Samson and Delilah, Abelard and Heloise, Manon

PREVOST/MANON LESCAUT
The death of Manon. Date: First published: 1731

Marie Tempest as Manon Date: 1890s

Woman in dress of duvetyn and jacket bordered in fox fur
Woman in duvetyn dress and jacket bordered in fox fur. Robe de duvetyn amadou, paletot borde de renard. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching after an illustration by H

Woman in ball gown and mask, costume of Manon Lescaut. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching after an illustration by H. Robert Dammy from Tommaso Antonginis Journal des Dames et des Modes

Madame Roland (Marie-Jeanne Phlippon), French
Madame Roland (Marie-Jeanne Phlippon Roland), French Revolutionary and Girondist 1754-1793. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes Historiques de la France

Mary Garden (1874 - 1967), American operatic soprano, born in Scotland, seen here in the role of Massenets Manon

Lucy Manon Actress Date: early 20th century

Antoine Francois Prevost
ANTOINE FRANCOIS PREVOST- D EXILES, known as the Abbe Prevost French writer, best known for his novel Manon Lescaut, the basis for two fine operas. Date: 1697 - 1763

Massenet Photo
JULES MASSENET French composer, photographed in 1905 at the Opera-Comique, Paris, on the occasion of the 500th performance of his Manon with a colleague. Date: 1842 - 1912

Puccini & Librettists
GIACOMO PUCCINI on the left, with Giacosa and Illico, two of the five librettists who collaborated on his Manon Lescaut. Date: 1858 - 1924

Maria Ivogun, as Manon
Maria Ivogun (1891-1987) Celebrated Hungarian soprano in the role of Manon, from the Opera of the same name by Jules Massenet

Massenet / Manon / Liebig
The opera performed at the Paris Opera

Prevost: Manon Lescaut
Manon is taken away

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