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    Manon sings a farewell aria to the small table where she and her lover Des Grieux have shared many meals together in his apartment in 18th century Paris. She knows their happy days there are coming to an end as Des Grieux will soon be taken away by his father's men to separate him from Manon. In her aria, she bids goodbye to the table where they were often reunited and reflects on the charm of their past beautiful days together that will soon be just a memory.

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    Manon sings a farewell aria to the small table where she and her lover Des Grieux have shared many meals together in his apartment in 18th century Paris. She knows their happy days there are coming to an end as Des Grieux will soon be taken away by his father's men to separate him from Manon. In her aria, she bids goodbye to the table where they were often reunited and reflects on the charm of their past beautiful days together that will soon be just a memory.

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    Adieu, notre petite table

    from Act II of the French opera Manon by Jules Massenet


    Libretto: Henri Meilhac
    Role: Manon Lescaut, a young woman, cousin of Lescaut
    Voice Part: soprano       Fach: lyric soprano
    Setting: Apartment of Chevalier Des Grieux, Paris, France,
    Range: Tessitura:
    18th century
    Synopsis: Manon has been told by a nobleman that her love
    Des Grieux will soon be kidnapped by his father's men in
    order to get him away from her. She knows that the happy
    days they have spent in Des Grieux's apartment will soon be
    at an end and takes the opportunity to bid adieu to the table at
    which she and her love ate many meals together.
    D4 - A#/Bb5 G4 - F5
    Translations/Aria Texts:
    Translation into English by Robert Glaubitz (added 1998-09-12)
    Adieu, notre petite table, Manon's aria from Manon

    Allons!... il le faut! Let's go...it is necessary!


    Pour lui-même! For his sake!
    Mon pauvre chevalier! My poor knight!
    Oh! Oui, c'est lui que j'aime! Oh, yes, it's him that I
    love!
    Et pourtant, j'hésite aujourd'hui! And yet, I hesitate today!
    Non! non! je ne suis plus digne de lui! No! No! I am no
    longer worthy of him!
    J'entends cette voix qui m'entraîne I hear that voice that
    captivates me
    Contre ma volonté: Against my will :
    "Manon, tu seras reine, "Manon, you will be
    queen,
    "Reine par la beauté!" Queen by your
    beauty!"
    Je ne suis que faiblesse et que fragilité! I am nothing but weakness and
    fragility!
    Ah! malgré moi je sens couler mes larmes. Ah! in spite of myself, I
    feel the flowing
    of my tears.
    Devant ces rêves effacés! Before these obliterated
    dreams!
    L'avenir aura-t-il les charmes Will the future have the
    charms
    De ces beaux jours déjà passés? Of those beautiful days
    already passed?

    Adieu, notre petite table Goodbye, our little table


    Qui, nous réunit si souvent! At which we met so often!
    Adieu, notre petite table, Goodbye, our little table
    Si grande pour nous cependant! Yet so large for us!
    On tient, c'est inimaginable, One thinks that it's unimaginable,
    Si peu de place... en se serrant... So small a space...when we're
    embracing...
    Adieu, notre petite table! Goodbye, our little table!
    Un même verre était le nôtre, The same glass was ours,
    Chacun de nous, quand il buvait, Each of us, when it was drunk from,
    Y cherchait les lèvres de l'autre... There searched one set of lips for
    the other...
    Ah! Pauvre ami, comme il m'aimait! Ah! Poor friend that loved me!
    Adieu... notre petite table. Goodbye...our little table.

    Translation by Robert Glaubitz (ariaman@aria-database.com)


    Sounds:
    none
    Sheet Music/Scores:
    Larsen, Robert. Arias for Soprano. Published by G. Schirmer.
    Available at Amazon.com and Sheetmusicplus.com. Recordings:
    The Ultimate Soprano Aria Album (Version 2.0). Published none
    by CD Sheet Music. Available at Amazon.com and
    Sheetmusicplus.com.

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