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Ah Manon, mi tradisce
from Act II of the Italian opera Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto: Marco Praga

Role: Il Cavaliere Renato des Grieux, a student and young nobleman
Voice Part: tenor       Fach: spinto tenor
Setting: Geronte’s house, Paris, France, 18th century
Synopsis: Des Grieux and Manon have decided to run away together, but Manon stops to gather up her jewels, and Des Grieux feels ashamed and betrayed that Manon cannot overcome the desire of wealth.
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Libretto entered by Carol Wellen (added 1997-06-20)
Ah! Manon, mi tradisce, Des Grieux's aria from Manon Lescaut

Ah! Manon, mi tradisce
il tuo folle pensier:
Sempre la stessa!  Trepida
divinamente,
nell’abbandono ardente...
Buona e gentile come la vaghezza
di quella tua carezza;
sempre novella ebbrezza;
indi, d’un tratto, vinta, abbacinata
dai raggi della vita dorata!
Io?  Tuo schiavo, e tua vittima disciendo
la scala dell’infamia...
Fango nel fango io sono
e turpe eroe da bisca
m’insozzo, mi vendo...
L’onta più vile m’avvicina a te!
Nell’oscuro futuro
di, che farai di me?
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