Ariane
Music by Jules Massenet · libretto by Catulle Mendès · premiered 1906 · at Palais Garnier
Ariane is an opera in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Catulle Mendès after Greek mythology (the tale of Ariadne).
It was first performed at the Palais Garnier in Paris on 31 October 1906, with Lucienne Bréval in the title role.
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About the Composer
Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet (French pronunciation: [ʒyl emil fʁedeʁik masnɛ]; 12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912) 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. After winning the country's top musical prize, the Prix de Rome, in 1863, he composed prolifically in many genres, but quickly…
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Other Operas by Jules Massenet
- Cendrillon (1697)
- Don César de Bazan (1844)
- Hérodiade (1877)
- Esclarmonde (1889)
- Grisélidis (1891)
- Chérubin (1905)
- Bacchus (1909)
- Don Quichotte (1910)