Prévost's most famous work, "L'histoire du Chevalier des Grieux et de
Manon Lescaut" (1731), inspired two ballets and a number of stage
works, including
Michael William Balfe's "The Maid of Artois" (1836), opéras-comiques by
Daniel-François Auber Auber (1856) and
Jules Massenet (1884), Kleinmichel's "Das Schloss de l'Orme"
(1883),
Giacomo Puccini's "Manon Lescaut" (1893), and
Hans Werner Henze's "Boulevard Solitude"
(1952).