GIACOMO PUCCINI MANON LESCAUT | ATTO III 0:00 Intermezzo - 4:44: Ansia eterna e crudel! - 7:16 Manon! Des Grieux! - 08:47 E Kate rispose al Re - 10:10 Disperato il mio prego - 11:23 All'armi! All'armi! - 12:21 Il passo m'aprite! - 17:08 Presto! In fila! No, no... pazzo son! IRINA MASKEWITZ (Manon) GUSTAVO MONASTRA (Des Grieux) LUIZ-ALBERTO MARINHO (Lescaut) MIGUEL CARALHO (Guardie Notturna) CARLOS DOS REIS (Capitano) GILSON BLASBERGE (Sergente) Orquestra e Coro Gramadensis ROBERTO VÖLKER Recording: 3.XI.2023 MANON LESCAUT - ACT III ARGUMENTAL SUMMARY Heroic love. Selfless love. Love with madness. Love until death. That's what the young Des Grieux felt about the beautiful, selfish, self-centered, true sugar daddy seeker of the time, Manon Lescaut. He had met her at a cart post on the outskirts of the city, when he learned that she was being taken to a cloistered convent by order of her father. She was guarded by her brother, the knight Lescaut, very fond of gambling and devotion to gold. Among the passengers at the post was Geronte de Ravoir who, as his name indicates, was a rich and arrogant old man who, aware of the situation of the young girl Manon, proposed to his brother to pay for her and orchestrate an escape and take her with him. For a good purse, her dear brother agreed to hand her over without further consideration. The young Des Grieux had confessed his passion at first sight to the beautiful Manón, an attraction that was mutual. Aware of her brother's trick, he convinced her to escape together as soon as possible. Without a doubt, it was the most fair and beautiful thing for both of them and a future full of love awaited them. But, the truth is that it was the poverty of a small rented room, a small table, a miserable bed and hunger that they went through together. It was too much for the capricious Manon and she regretted not having gone with the rich old man, Geronte. She regretted it but she stopped doing it, because she left with him, abandoning her young but poor lover. Thus, over time, Des Grieux became her lover. They met for a while without the luck of her agreeing to return to him: jewelry and comforts were her preference. On one of the visits, the two lovers were found in flagranti delicto by the husband, and he handed his wife over to the police. So in the scene we hear here, we find ourselves in the port of Le Havre, where prostitutes and women of low life in general will be put on a ship and left to their fate in America. Among them is Manón. It is the first half of the 18th century and this was common in that France. Brother Lescaut, repentant, decides to help the young Des Grieux prepare an escape by mutinying with a group of armed friends. It is not easy for Des Grieux to explain the escape plan to Manon, who is in very bad condition due to the bad times she suffered in prison. He begs her, humiliates himself, cries so that she follows the instructions for the escape. But the plan fails, the friends who came to help are quickly repressed. They are interrupted by the roll call of the banished women so that they can board the ship. When everyone except Manón is already on board, the Captain appears imposing order and demanding that they finish boarding at once. Des Grieux intervenes and demands for his lover. He even decides to face the soldiers to the death. Realizing the impossibility of the undertaking, he kneels, cries and begs to be let go as well so that he can accompany Manon in her forced exile. He offers himself as a cabin boy. The Captain, moved by the crazy but undoubtedly heroic act of love, accepts it saying "Do you want to populate America, young man? So be it! Come on, cabin boy, get ready!" So far, without a doubt a happy ending. What will happen in America with the young couple, that is another story. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sxn6S2wzGhs

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