from Act IV of the Italian opera
Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto: Marco Praga
Voice Part: soprano Fach: spinto soprano
Setting: Near New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 18th century
Synopsis: Des Grieux has gone to look for water, leaving Manon "alone, lost, and abbandoned," as she sings that she does not want to die.