| Manon Lescaut | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Giacomo Puccini | |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Locandina_Manon_Lescaut.jpg) Postcard commemorating the premiere | |
| Librettist | |
| Language | Italian |
| Based on | Abbé Prévost's novel Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux, et de Manon Lescaut |
| Premiere | 1 February 1893 Teatro Regio, Turin |
Manon Lescaut (Italian: [maˈnɔn leˈsko]) is an Italian-language opera in four acts composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1889 and 1892 to a libretto by Luigi Illica, Marco Praga and Domenico Oliva, based on the 1731 novel Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux, et de Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prévost. The opera was first performed in 1893 in Turin, at the Teatro Regio.