from Act I of the Italian opera
Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto: Marco Praga
Voice Part: soprano Fach: spinto soprano
Setting: a square near the Paris gate, Amiens, France, 18th century
Synopsis: Returning to meet Des Grieux, Manon says she has kept her word, but maybe it would have been better if they had not met.