Manon
Tragic operatic heroine
Manon is a French feminine given name, originally a diminutive of Marie.
It appears in classic French literature and opera, most notably in Abbé Prévost's novel *Manon Lescaut* and its operatic adaptations by Massenet and Puccini, where the title character is a tragic beauty torn between love and luxury.
Flawed female lead character
- coquetteTeasing, insincere charmer
- courtesanPaid aristocratic companion
- seductressWoman who entices romantically
- tragicCausing great sorrow
fickle · beauty · charm · desire · temptation · ambition · vanity · materialism
The seventeen hundreds
- romanceLove and its excitement
- tragedyDisastrous or sorrowful event
- ParisFrance's chief city
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
seduction · morality · temptation · corruption · betrayal · passion · New Orleans · chevalier
Italian operatic composer
- sopranoHighest female voice range
- ariaOperatic solo piece
- librettoOpera's written words
- bel cantoElegant Italian vocal style
recitative · overture · diva · tenor · premiere · death scene · seduction · convent
Of or from Paris's nation
- femininePertaining to women
- given namePersonal name from birth
- nicknameInformal substitute name
- diminutiveVery small, or nickname form
Breton · namesake · baptism · christening
antiheroine
Flawed female lead character
- coquetteTeasing, insincere charmer
- courtesanPaid aristocratic companion
- seductressWoman who entices romantically
tragic · fickle · beauty · charm · desire · temptation · ambition · vanity · materialism · doomed
18th-century
The seventeen hundreds
courtship · seduction · morality · temptation · corruption · betrayal · passion · New Orleans · chevalier · courtesan
Puccini
Italian operatic composer
bel canto · recitative · overture · diva · tenor · premiere · death scene · seduction · convent · gambling
French
Of or from Paris's nation
- femininePertaining to women
- given namePersonal name from birth
- nicknameInformal substitute name
diminutive · Breton · namesake · baptism · christening
ManonPenelope
Traditional name, Greek origin
faithful wife · Madonna figure · Griselda · Juliet · Eurydice