Jules Emile Frederic Massenet
Born: 12th May 1842, Montaud
Died: 13th August 1912, Paris
Nationality: French
Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet 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 admitted to France's principal music college, the Paris Conservatoire. There he studied under Ambroise Thomas, whom he greatly admired.
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Further Reading: Massenet
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ATMA Classique's complete Massenet songs project
19th Dec 2022
The label's artistic director Michel Ferland talks to Katherine about one of the most ambitious recording-projects ever undertaken in Canada, featuring over 300 songs and a line-up of artists including Karina Gauvin, Marie-Nicole Lemieux and Julie Boulianne.
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Massenet's Cendrillon from Glyndebourne
19th Jun 2020
Danielle de Niese and Kate Lindsey bring real psychological depth to Cinderella and Prince Charming's relationship in Fiona Shaw's astute and sparkling production, with John Wilson supplying fairy-dust aplenty from the pit.
Popular Genres: Massenet
Instrumental
Opera
Vocal
Choral
Concertos
Popular Works: Massenet
- Adieu, notre petite table (from Manon) (19)
- Ah! fuyez douce image (from Manon) (19)
- Ah! Tout est bien fini... O souverain (from Le Cid) (38)
- Allons! Il le faut pour lui-même!... Adieu, notre petite table (from Manon) (13)
- Crépuscule (13)
- De cet affreux combat…Pleurez, mes yeux ! (from Le Cid) (9)
- Dis-moi que je suis belle (from Thaïs) (10)
- Dix Pièces de genre, Op. 10 (8)
- Elégie (96)
- Il est doux, il est bon (from Hérodiade) (14)
- Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux (from Manon) (46)
- Je suis seul, seul enfin... Ah fuyez douce image (from Manon) (28)
- La Vierge: Le Dernier Sommeil de la vierge (Légende sacrée) (17)
- Le Cid - Ballet music (15)
- Les Yeux clos (11)
- Manon (30)
- Meditation (from Thaïs) (429)
- Mélodie - Élegie (7)
- Nuit d'Espagne (15)
- O Nature, pleine de grace (from Werther) (8)
- Obéissons quand leur voix appelle (from Manon) (9)
- Oh! si les fleurs avaient des yeux (11)
- Phèdre: Overture (11)
- Piano Concerto in E flat major (12)
- Pleurez, mes yeux (Le Cid) (12)
- Poème d'avril, Op. 14 (6)
- Pourquoi me reveiller (from Werther) (74)
- Rêvons c'est l'heure (8)
- Scènes alsaciennes (13)
- Scènes pittoresques (18)
- Suis-je gentille ainsi? ... Je marche sur tous les chemins ... Obéissons quand leur voix appelle (from Manon) (11)
- Thaïs (13)
- Toccata (10)
- Toi ! Vous ! Oui ! Je fus cruelle… N’est-ce plus ma main (from Manon) (11)
- Va! Laisse couler mes larmes (from Werther) (13)
- Valse folle (14)
- Valse très lente (13)
- Vision fugitive (from Hérodiade) (16)
- Werther (31)
- Werther! Werther!…Je vous écris de ma petite chambre (from Werther) (13)
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Renaud Capuçon (violin), Khatia Buniatishvili (piano), Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Edgar Moreau (cello), Guillaume Bellom (piano), Nolwenn Leroy (vocals), Nicholas Angelich (piano), David Fray (piano), Lahav Shani (piano), Kian Soltani (cello), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Frank Braley (piano), Brussels Philharmonic, Les Siècles, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Quatuor Ebène, London Symphony Orchestra, Stéphane Denève, Duncan Ward, Daniel Harding, Sir Simon Rattle
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Coming soon. Abysses. French Arias for Contralto
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Laura van der Heijden (cello), Jâms Coleman (piano)
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Coming soon. 2026 Mark of Excellence National Choral Honors: HS Mixed Choir, HS Open Class, MS Open Class, and MS Treble Choir
Bridgeland High School Chorale, C.E. King High School Varsity Mixed Choir, Elkins High School Varsity Mixed Choir, Cypress Falls High School Varsity Women's Choir, McKinney Boyd High School Varsity Treble Ensemble, Montgomery High School Varsity Chorale Men, R.L. Turner High School Varsity Treble Choir, Rice Middle School Tenor Bass Choir, The Classical Center at Brandenburg Middle School Chamber Choir, Tidwell Middle School Varsity Tenor Bass Choir, Trinity Springs Middle School Chamber Mixed Choir, Trinity Springs Middle School Varsity Tenor-Bass Choir, Ereckson Middle School Select Treble Choir, Keller Middle School Bella Voce, McCullough Junior High Chamber Singers, Sprague Middle School Bel Canto, Tidwell Middle School Varsity Treble Choir, York Junior High Varsity Chamber Choir, Christopher Fiorini, Taylor Surratt, Richard Bloesch, John Richardson, Matthew Perez, Amy Harrington, Kelsie Quintana, Evan Brown, Chelsea Farmer, Patrick Hayes, Evan Lane, Clinton (Hardy) Ferrie, Stephanie Petru, Olivia Lane, Jamieson McCaffity, Marie Parisot Olsen, Chaz Robilotto
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Coming soon. Massenet: Werther
Benjamin Bernheim (Werther), Marina Viotti (Charlotte), Jean-Sébastien Bou (Albert), Sandra Hamaoui (Sophie), Marc Scoffoni (Le Bailli), Yuri Kissin (Johann), Rodolphe Briand (Schmidt), Les Siècles, Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine, Marc Leroy-Calatayud
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