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Manon

American  
[ma-nawn] / maˈnɔ̃ /

noun

  1. an opera (1884) by Jules Massenet.


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Despite the absence of Manon, the girl group packed the festival field with Eyekons packed shoulder to shoulder as far as the Do Lab.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

There was also a first for girl band KATSEYE, who made their Coachella debut - without their sixth member Manon who announced her hiatus in February.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Emma Grimsley’s soprano had the necessary brightness and coloratura flexibility for Manon, but her monochromatic timbre missed the character’s pathos.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

Manon Arfib, a final-year AI student at the engineering school CentraleSupelec, also saw her future in France.

From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025

With 1894 there are two novelties added to the repertoire,—Verdi's "Falstaff" and Puccini's "Manon Lescaut"; while the English Jubilee is celebrated of Joseph Joachim and Alfredo Piatti.

From Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science by Mackinlay, M. (Malcolm) Sterling

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