Jules Emile Frederic Massenet (Composer)
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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Recording of the Week,
Massenet's Cendrillon from Glyndebourne
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.
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Jules Massenet
Katherine indulges in French Romanticism this week, with a survey of favourite Massenet recordings.
Popular Genres: Massenet
Instrumental
Choral
Popular Works: Massenet
- Adieu, notre petite table (from Manon) (23)
- Ah! fuyez douce image (from Manon) (21)
- Ah! Tout est bien fini... O souverain (from Le Cid) (46)
- Allons! Il le faut pour lui-même!... Adieu, notre petite table (from Manon) (14)
- Crépuscule (12)
- De cet affreux combat…Pleurez, mes yeux ! (from Le Cid) (12)
- Dis-moi que je suis belle (from Thaïs) (9)
- Don Quichotte (7)
- Elégie (87)
- Enfin Manon, nous voilà enfin seuls ensemble... En fermant les yeux (from Manon) (9)
- Il est doux, il est bon (from Hérodiade) (17)
- Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux (from Manon) (45)
- Je marche sur tous les chemins (from Manon) (7)
- Je suis seul, seul enfin... Ah fuyez douce image (from Manon) (32)
- La Vierge: Le Dernier Sommeil de la vierge (Légende sacrée) (15)
- Le Cid - Ballet music (15)
- Les Yeux clos (9)
- Manon (29)
- Meditation (from Thaïs) (371)
- Mélodie - Élegie (7)
- Nuit d'Espagne (12)
- O Nature, pleine de grace (from Werther) (8)
- Obéissons quand leur voix appelle (from Manon) (8)
- Oh! si les fleurs avaient des yeux (9)
- Ouvre tes yeux bleus (7)
- Phèdre: Overture (11)
- Piano Concerto in E flat major (7)
- Pleurez, mes yeux (Le Cid) (13)
- Pourquoi me reveiller (from Werther) (83)
- Scènes alsaciennes (11)
- Scènes pittoresques (13)
- Suis-je gentille ainsi? ... Je marche sur tous les chemins ... Obéissons quand leur voix appelle (from Manon) (10)
- Thaïs (13)
- Toi ! Vous ! Oui ! Je fus cruelle… N’est-ce plus ma main (from Manon) (13)
- Va! Laisse couler mes larmes (from Werther) (14)
- Valse folle (9)
- Valse très lente (10)
- Vision fugitive (from Hérodiade) (16)
- Werther (29)
- Werther! Werther!…Je vous écris de ma petite chambre (from Werther) (17)
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