Composers

Jules Massenet

Montaud, May 12, 1842
Paris, August 12, 1912

• Hervey: French Music in the XIXth Century Massenet and the Modern French Opera
• Massenet by Louis Schnieder, 1926
• Massenet and his Operas, Henry T. Finck, 1910 (from Internet Archive)
• My Recollections, Jules Massenet, 1919 (from Internet Archive)

Cendrillon

• The Standard Operaglass: synopsis
• The Standard Operas: synopsis
• The Complete Opera Book: synopsis
• The Opera Goers' Complete Guide: synopsis
• The Opera, editor Bergh: synopsis

Le Cid

• 200 Opera Plots: synopsis
• The Standard Operaglass: synopsis
• The Standard Operas: synopsis
• The Opera Goers' Complete Guide: synopsis
• The Opera, editor Bergh: synopsis

Cléopâtre

• Fremch/English libretto by G. Schirmer (page captures from Google Books)
• The Standard Operaglass: synopsis
• The Complete Opera Book: synopsis

Don Quichotte

• French/English libretto by G. Schirmer (page captures from Google Books)
• The Standard Operaglass: synopsis
• The Standard Operas: synopsis
• The Complete Opera Book: synopsis
• The Opera, editor Bergh: synopsis

Esclarmonde

• 200 Opera Plots: synopsis
• The Standard Operas: synopsis
• The Opera, editor Bergh: synopsis

La Grand' Tante

• libretto

Grisélidis

• The Standard Operaglass: synopsis
• The Standard Operas: synopsis
• The Complete Opera Book: synopsis
• The Opera Goers' Complete Guide: synopsis
• The Opera, editor Bergh: synopsis

Hérodiade

• 2nd Book of Opera: synposis
• The Standard Operaglass: synopsis
• The Standard Operas: synopsis
• The Complete Opera Book: synopsis
• The Opera Goers' Complete Guide: synopsis
• The Opera, editor Bergh: synopsis

Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame

• French/English libretto by Charles E. Burden (page captures from Google Books)
• 200 Opera Plots: synopsis
• The Standard Operas: synopsis
• The Complete Opera Book: synopsis
• The Opera Goers' Complete Guide: synopsis
• The Opera, editor Bergh: synopsis

Manon

• Libretto
• English libretto
• French/English libretto by Rullman (page captures from Internet Archive)
• French libretto from 1892 by Calmann Lévy (page captures from Google Books)
• 200 Opera Plots: synopsis
• The Standard Operaglass: synopsis
• The Standard Operas: synopsis
• The Complete Opera Book: synopsis
• The Opera Goers' Complete Guide: synopsis
• The Opera, editor Bergh: synopsis

La Navarraise

• The Standard Operaglass: synopsis
• The Standard Operas: synopsis
• The Complete Opera Book: synopsis
• The Opera Goers' Complete Guide: synopsis
• The Opera, editor Bergh: synopsis

Le Roi de Lahore

• 00 Opera Plots: synopsis
• The Standard Operas: synopsis
• The Opera Goers' Complete Guide: synopsis
• The Opera, editor Bergh: synopsis

Sapho

• The Standard Operaglass: synopsis
• The Standard Operas: synopsis
• The Complete Opera Book: synopsis
• The Opera, editor Bergh: synopsis

Thaïs

• Libretto
• English libretto
• French/English libretto by Charles Burden (page captures from Internet Archive)
• 200 Opera Plots: synopsis
• The Standard Operaglass: synopsis
• The Standard Operas: synopsis
• The Complete Opera Book: synopsis
• The Opera Goers' Complete Guide: synopsis
• The Opera, editor Bergh: synopsis

Werther

• Libretto
• English libretto
• 200 Opera Plots: synopsis
• The Standard Operaglass: synopsis
• The Standard Operas: synopsis
• The Complete Opera Book: synopsis
• The Opera Goers' Complete Guide: synopsis
• The Opera, editor Bergh: synopsis

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