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Jules-Émile-Frédéric
Massenet (1854-1912)
ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Massenet was born in Montaud, France, May 12,
1842. He was one of the best-respected French composers of his day. He was, a member of
the Academy and a professor of composition at the Paris Conservatoire. Massenet was very
influential on other French composers in France. His students were also successful sue to
Massenet's tutelege. Though he was principally an opera composer, he also wrote ballets,
orchestral works and several oratorios. Massenet died in Paris on August 13,
1912.
Operas
Les deux boursiers (one act) (ca. 1859; never performed)
(presumed lost)
Esmerelda (sketched 1865, never produced) (presumed lost)
Noureddin (sketched 1865, never produced)
Valéria (sketched 1865, never produced)
La Grand' Tante (one act) (1867)
La Coupe du roi de Thulé (1867, never produced) (presumed lost)
Le Florentin (1868, never produced) (presumed lost)
Manfred (ca. 1869)
Méduse ( 1869-70, never produced) (presumed lost)
Don César de Bazan (1872); (Revised 1888)
Les templiers [inc.] (2 acts 1873; never performed) (presumed lost)
L'adorable Bel'-Boul' (1874) (presumed lost)
Bérangère et Anatole (1876) (presumed lost)
Le roi de Lahore (1877 )
Robert de France (1880) (lost)
Hérodiade (1881); (Revised 1884)
Les Girondins (1881) (presumed lost)
Montalte (ca. 1883) (presumed lost)
Manon (1884 )
Le Cid (1885)
Esclarmonde (1889 )
Le Mage (1891)
Werther (1892)
Kassya [completion and orchestration of Delibes' opera] (1893)
Thaïs (1894); (Revised 1898)
Le Portrait de Manon, opera in 1 act [sequel to Manon]
(1894 )
La Navarraise, opera in 2 acts (1894)
Sapho (1897)
Cendrillon (1899 )
Grisélidis (1901)
Le Jongleur de Notre Dame (1902)
Chérubin (1905)
Ariane (1906)
Thérèse (1907)
Bacchus (1909)
Don Quichotte
Roma (1912)
Panurge
Cléopâtre
Amadis Les deux boursiers (one act) (ca. 1859; never performed)
(presumed lost)
Esmerelda (sketched 1865, never produced) (presumed lost)
Noureddin (sketched 1865, never produced)
Valéria (sketched 1865, never produced)
La Grand' Tante (one act) (1867)
La Coupe du roi de Thulé (1867, never produced) (presumed lost)
Le Florentin (1868, never produced) (presumed lost)
Manfred (ca. 1869)
Méduse ( 1869-70, never produced) (presumed lost)
Don César de Bazan (1872); (Revised 1888)
Les templiers [inc.] (2 acts 1873; never performed) (presumed lost)
L'adorable Bel'-Boul' (1874) (presumed lost)
Bérangère et Anatole (1876) (presumed lost)
Le roi de Lahore (1877 )
Robert de France (1880) (lost)
Hérodiade (1881); (Revised 1884)
Les Girondins (1881) (presumed lost)
Montalte (ca. 1883) (presumed lost)
Manon (1884 )
Le Cid (1885)
Esclarmonde (1889 )
Le Mage (1891)
Werther (1892)
Kassya [completion and orchestration of Delibes' opera] (1893)
Thaïs (1894); (Revised 1898)
Le Portrait de Manon, opera in 1 act [sequel to Manon]
(1894 )
La Navarraise, opera in 2 acts (1894)
Sapho (1897)
Cendrillon (1899 )
Grisélidis (1901)
Le Jongleur de Notre Dame (1902)
Chérubin (1905)
Ariane (1906)
Thérèse (1907)
Bacchus (1909)
Don Quichotte
Roma (1912)
Panurge
Cléopâtre
Amadis
Oratorios:
Marie-Magdalene (1873 ); (Revised 1903)
Eve (1875 )
La Vierge (1880)
La Terre promise (1900)
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