Jules Massenet

Jules-Émile-Frédéric Massenet (1842 – 1912) was a French composer best known for his operas. He won the Prix de Rome in 1863. Massenet was a leading opera composer like Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner.

Massenet 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.^[1]

Some works[edit]

• Les deux boursiers (never performed)
• David Rizzio (Grand Prix de Roma)
• Manon
• Le Cid
• Le Mage
• Werther
• Thaïs (Méditation)
• Thérèse
• Don Quichotte
• Roma

See also[edit]

• Ludwig van Beethoven
• Gioacchino Rossini
• Maurice Ravel
• Romantic period (music)
• Classical period (music)

External links[edit]

• Jules Massenet
• Jules Massenet

References[edit]

1. ↑ Jules Massenet

• Irvine, Demar: Massenet: A Chronicle of his Life and Times Amadeus Press, 1994.