List of operas by Massenet
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).
List
Title | Genre | Subdivisions | Libretto | Première date | Place, theatre |
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Esméralda | opéra | Hugoafter Victor Hugo, Notre-Dame de Paris | 1865-00-00composed c. 1865, but unfinished | ||
coupeLa coupe du roi de Thulé | opéra | 3 acts | BlauÉdouard Blau and Louis Gallet, based on Goethe's 1774 poem "Der König in Thule" | 1866-00-00composed c. 1866, but unperformed | |
grandLa grand'tante | opéra comique | 1 act | AdenisJules Adenis and Charles Granvallet | 1867-04-033 April 1867 | Paris, Opéra-Comique (Favart 2) |
Manfred | opéra | RuelleJules Ruelle, after Byron's Manfred | 1869-00-00composed c. 1869, but unfinished | ||
Méduse | 3 acts | CarréMichel Carré | 1870-00-00composed 1870 | ||
Don César de Bazan | opéra comique | 3 acts | EnneryAdolphe d'Ennery, Philippe François Pinel Dumanoir and Jules Chantepie, after Victor Hugo, Ruy Blas | 1872-00-0030 November 1872, revised 20 January 1888 | Paris, Opéra-Comique (Favart 2); revision Geneva |
adorableL'adorable Bel'-Boul | opérette | 1 act | GalletLouis Gallet | 1874-04-1717 April 1874 | Paris, Cercle des Mirlitons |
templiersLes templiers | 1875-00-0composed c. 1875, but lost | ||||
Bérangère et Anatole | sainete | 1 act | MeilhacHenri Meilhac and Paul Poirson | 1876-02-01February 1876 | Paris, Cercle de l'Union artistique |
roiLe roi de Lahore | opéra | 5 acts | GalletLouis Gallet | 1877-04-2727 April 1877 | Paris, Opéra Garnier |
Robert de France | drame lyrique | 1889-00-00composed c 1880, but unperformed, lost | |||
GirondinsLes Girondins | opéra | 1881-00-00composed 1881, lost | |||
Hérodiade; rev. as: Erodiade | opéra | 3.23 acts; rev.: 4 acts | MillietPaul Milliet and Georges Hartmann, after Gustave Flaubert, Hérodias, Nr. 3 der Trois Contes | 1881-12-1919 December 1881, revised 1 February 1884, | Brussels, Théâtre de la Monnaie, revision Paris, Théâtre Italien |
Manon | opéra comique | 5 acts | MeilhacHenri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, after Antoine François Prévost, L'histoire du chevalier Des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut | 1884-01-1919 January 1884 | Paris, Opéra-Comique (Favart 2) |
CidLe Cid | opéra | 4 acts | EnneryAdolphe d'Ennery, Louis Gallet and Édouard Blau, after Pierre Corneille | 1885-11-3030 November 1885 | Paris, Opéra Garnier |
Esclarmonde | opéra romanesque | 4 acts | BlauAlfred Blau and Louis-Ferdinand de Gramont | 1889-05-1515 May 1889 | Paris, Opéra Comique (Lyrique) |
mageLe mage | opéra | 5 acts | RichepinJean Richepin | 1891-03-1616 March 1891 | Paris, Opéra Garnier |
Werther | drame lyrique | 4 acts | BlauÉdouard Blau, Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann, after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Die Leiden des jungen Werther (German translation for Vienna: Max Kalbeck) | 1892-02-1616 February 1892 (in German), 16 January 1893 (in French) | Vienna, Hofopera; Paris, Opéra-Comique (Lyrique) |
Thaïs | opéra | 3 acts | GalletLouis Gallet, after the novel of the same name by Anatole France | 1894-03-1616 March 1894, revised 13 April 1898 | Paris, Opéra Garnier (and revised) |
portraitLe portrait de Manon | opéra comique | 1 act | BoyerGeorges Boyer | 1894-05-088 May 1894 | Paris, Opéra-Comique (Lyrique) |
NavarraiseLa Navarraise | episodeépisode lyrique | 2 acts | ClaretieJules Claretie and Henri Cain, after Claretie, La cigarette | 1894-06-2020 June 1894 | London, Royal Opera House Covent Garden |
Amadis | opéra légendaire | 4 acts | Claretie Jules Claretie | 1895-00-00composed c. 1895 1 April 1922 | Monte Carlo, Opéra |
Sapho | pièce lyrique | 5 acts | CainHenri Cain and Arthur Bernède, after Alphonse Daudet | 1897-11-077 November 1897, revised 22 January 1909 | Paris, Opéra-Comique (Lyrique); revised Opéra-Comique (Favart 3); |
Cendrillon | conte de fées | 4 acts | CainHenri Cain, after Charles Perrault, Cendrillon ou La Petite Pantoufle | 1899-05-2424 May 1899 | Paris, Opéra-Comique (Favart 3) |
Grisélidis | conte lyrique | 3.1prologue and 3 acts | SilvestreArmand Silvestre and Eugène Morand | 1901-11-2020 November 1901 | Paris, Opéra-Comique (Favart 3) |
jongleurLe jongleur de Notre-Dame | miracle | 3 acts | LenaMaurice Léna, after Anatole France, L'etui de nacre | 1902-02-1818 February 1902 | Monte Carlo, Opéra |
Chérubin | comédie chantée | 3 acts | CroissetFrançois de Croisset and Henri Cain | 1905-02-1414 February 1905 | Monte Carlo, Opéra |
Ariane | opéra | 5 acts | MendesCatulle Mendès | 1906-10-3131 October 1906 | Paris, Opéra Garnier |
Thérèse | drame musical | 2 acts | ClaretieJules Claretie | 1907-02-077 February 1907 | Monte Carlo, Opéra |
Bacchus | opéra | 4 acts | MendesCatulle Mendès | 1909-05-055 May 1909 | Paris, Opéra Garnier |
Don Quichotte | comédie héroïque | 5 acts | CainHenri Cain, after Jacques Le Lorrain, Le chevalier de la longue figure | 1910-02-1919 February 1910 | Monte Carlo, Opéra |
Roma | opéra tragique | 5 acts | CainHenri Cain, after A. Parodi, Roma vaincue | 1912-02-1717 February 1912 | Monte Carlo, Opéra |
Panurge | haulte farce musical | 3 acts | BoukayMaurice Boukay and Georges Spitzmüller, after François Rabelais, La vie inestimable de Gargantua and Faits et dits héroïques du grand Pantagruel | 1913-04-2525 April 1913 | Paris, Théâtre de la Gaîté |
Cléopâtre | opéra | 4 acts | PayenLouis Payen (A. Liénard) | 1914-02-2323 February 1914 | Monte Carlo, Opéra |
References
Sources
- Thompson, Kenneth and Wright, Stella J (1992), "Massenet, Jules" in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
- Wild, Nicole; Charlton, David (2005). Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique Paris: répertoire 1762-1972. Sprimont, Belgium: Editions Mardaga. ISBN 978-2-87009-898-1.
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