Jules Massenet
Sound · Music · Original Music Composer · Writer
Born May 12, 1842 · Saint-Étienne, Loire, France
Active 1926–1912 · Awards: Prix de Rome, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, resident at the Villa Medici, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Order of Leopold, Grand Cross of the Order of Saint-Charles
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).
Filmography
Royal Opera House 2023/24: Manon — MusicThe Metropolitan Opera 2026/27: Manon (2027) — WriterJules Massenet : Werther @ Opéra Comique, Paris (2026) — Original Music ComposerWerther (2025) — Original Music ComposerNew Year's Eve Concert of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 2025 (2025) — Original Music ComposerThe Metropolitan Opera: Cinderella (2022) — MusicThe Metropolitan Opera: Manon (2019) — Original Music ComposerAlice Sara Ott Live in Yellow Lounge: Nightfall (2018) — MusicManon (The Royal Ballet) (2018) — MusicMassenet: Werther (2016) — Original Music ComposerThis is Opera (2015) — Original Music ComposerCendrillon (2011) — Original Music ComposerMassenet: Werther (2010) — MusicDon Quichotte (2010) — CompositorMassenet Thais (2008) — CompositorMassenet: Manon (2007) — Original Music Composer · WriterRampo Noir (2005) — MusicWerther (2005) — CompositorWerther (2005) — CompositorPavarotti in Central Park (1993) — CompositorWerther (1986) — Original Music ComposerHérodiade - Gran Teatro del Liceo (1984) — MusicManon Lescaut (1983) — CompositorManon Lescaut (1926) — Music