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Opera by Massenet (libretto by H Meilhac and P Gille, based on Prévost's novel Manon Lescaut), produced at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 19 January 1884. Manon and Des Grieux fall in love and elope, but De Brétigny persuades Manon to go with him instead. The distraught Des Grieux plans to become a priest, but Manon returns and they are reunited. She is arrested, accused of prostitution, and sentenced to transportation. She dies in Des Grieux' arms.
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Let us read what Manon says on the matter: 'Where women are honored, the divinities are rejoiced; where they are despised, it is useless to pray to God.
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