"Donna non vidi mai" ("I have never seen a woman such as this one") is a tenor aria from the act 1 of Giacomo Puccini's opera Manon Lescaut. It is sung by Des Grieux, revealing his feelings about Manon Lescaut, a beautiful young lady whose father is sending her to a convent."Donna non vidi mai". Aria database site. Retrieved 14 August 2018
The scene is a square near the Paris gate in Amiens, France, in the 18th century.
Libretto Donna non vidi mai simile a questa! A dirle: io t'amo, a nuova vita l'alma mia si desta. "Manon Lescaut mi chiamo!" Come queste parole profumate mi vagan nello spirto e ascose fibre vanno a carezzare. O sussurro gentil, deh! non cessare!
I have never seen a woman such as this one! To tell her "I love you", my soul awakens to new life. "Manon Lescaut is my name!" How these fragrant words wander through my mind and come to caress my innermost fibers. O sweet murmur, ah! do not cease!
References
External links Manon Lescaut arias at the Aria Database site. , Placido Domingo