The lead tenor laments the title character's greed in "Ah… Mi Tradisce," as before the intermezzo that precedes Act III, the latter is arrested while trying to gather up a pile of jewels.
The lead tenor laments the title character's greed in "Ah… Mi Tradisce," as before the intermezzo that precedes Act III, the latter is arrested while trying to gather up a pile of jewels. "Donna non Vidi Mai," the in which the male lead is smitten by the title character while seeing her exit a stagecoach, and "In Quelle Trine Morbide," where the title character regrets running off with the lecherous Treasurer General, Geronte di Ravior, are the standout arias of this opera, which differs from a similarly-titled five act counterpart in that the title character successfully leaves France and makes it to the Louisana desert before dying in the arms of the student, Des Grieux. FTP, name this early Puccini hit based on a novel by Abbe Prevost.
The lead tenor laments the title character's greed in "Ah… Mi Tradisce," as before the intermezzo that precedes Act III, the latter is arrested while trying to gather up a pile of jewels.
{Manon Lescaut} (the other opera is Jules Massenet’s Manon)