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Cabinet card of Massenet by Eugène Pirou, 1895. Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet (French pronunciation: [ʒyl emil fʁedeʁik masnɛ]; 12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912) was a French composer of the Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty. The two most frequently staged are Manon (1884) and Werther (1892). He also composed oratorios, ballets, orchestral works, incidental music, piano pieces, songs and other music.. While still a schoolboy, Massenet was ...
Jules Massenet (born May 12, 1842, Montaud, near Saint-Étienne, France—died August 13, 1912, Paris) was a leading French opera composer, whose music is admired for its lyricism, sensuality, occasional sentimentality, and theatrical aptness.. The son of an ironmaster, Massenet entered the Paris Conservatoire at age 11, subsequently studying composition under the noted opera composer Ambroise Thomas.In 1863 he won the Prix de Rome with his cantata David Rizzio.With the production in 1867 of ...
Jules Massenet was a prolific and versatile French composer of the Romantic era, best known for his operas such as Manon, Thaïs and Werther. Learn more about his life, style and influence in this comprehensive feature by Classical Music magazine.
When the world flocked to Paris in 1900 for the Exposition Universelle, few visitors could have doubted that Jules Massenet was France’s greatest living opera composer.
May 12, 2018 · Jules Massenet, born on May 12, 1842, is arguably the chameleon of all opera composers, his style evolving to suit the text rather than imposing a specific musical style to every work. This ability makes him, for many, the greatest French composer of opera to ever live. He studied under Ambroise Thomas in his youth, won the country’s top musical {…}
born: Montaud, France, 12 May 1842 died: Paris, 13 August 1912 Operas The dates and locations are those of the premieres; when there was a substantial delay between composition and performance, the (estimated) year of completion is also given.
French composer Jules Massenet (1842–1912) was the leading French operatic composer of his day. Of his more than forty works for the stage many are still performed today, including Manon, Le Cid, Esclarmonde, Werther, Thaïs, Cendrillon, Chérubin and Don Quichotte.Though his ballets are now rarely seen, an arrangement of his orchestral music forms the score for Kenneth MacMillan’s acclaimed ballet Manon.. Massenet was born in Montaud near Saint-Étienne and was introduced to music by ...
Jules Massenet est un compositeur français né le 12 mai 1842 à Montaud (aujourd'hui quartier de Saint-Étienne) et mort le 13 août 1912 à Paris [1].Ses compositions étaient très populaires à la fin du XIX e siècle et au début du XX e siècle.Les opéras de Massenet sont connus pour leur beauté mélodique et pour leur représentation des émotions de l'amour et de la passion. Ses œuvres les plus connues incluent les opéras Manon (1884), Werther (1892) et Thaïs (1894). Sa musique ...
This is a complete list of operas by the French composer Jules Massenet (1842–1912). Several of Massenet's operas were premiered by the Opéra-Comique in Paris, first at the second Salle Favart (Favart 2), followed by the Théâtre Lyrique on the Place du Châtelet (Lyrique), and then the third Salle Favart (Favart 3).
Poème d'Avril (Armand Silvestre), Op. 14, songs, declaimed poems and piano solos, c.1866, published 1868; Poème pastoral (Florian and Armand Silvestre), baritone, 3 female voices, piano, 1870–72, published 1872; Chansons des bois d'Amaranthe (M. Legrand, after Redwitz), four solo voices (SATB) and piano, 1900, published 1901
