Victor Massé
Victor Massé | |
|---|---|
 Victor Massé (1822–1884) | |
| Born | 7 March 1822 |
| Died | 5 July 1884 (aged 62) |
| Nationality | French |
| Citizenship |  France |
| Alma mater | Paris Conservatoire |
| Occupation | Composer |
Victor Massé (French pronunciation: [viktɔʁ mase]; born Félix-Marie Massé; 7 March 1822 – 5 July 1884) was a French composer.
Biography
[edit]Massé was born in Lorient (Morbihan) and studied at the Paris Conservatoire, winning the Prix de Rome in 1844 for his cantata Le Rénégat de Tanger before turning his attention to opera. While at the Conservatoire, Massé studied with Jaques Halévy. He wrote some twenty operas, including La Chanteuse voilée (1850), followed by the more ambitious Galathée (1852) and Paul et Virginie (1876). His best-known and most successful work was the opéra comique Les Noces de Jeannette (1853). His last work, Une Nuit de Cléopâtre, was performed posthumously in April 1885.
Massé died in Paris and is buried in Montmartre Cemetery. Rue Victor Massé in the 9th arrondissement of Paris is named after him.
Operas
[edit]- La Chambre gothique, opéra (1849)
- La Chanteuse voilée (1850, text by Eugène Scribe and Adolphe de Leuven)
- Galathée (1852, text by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré))
- Les Noces de Jeannette, opéra comique (1853, text by J. Barbier and M. Carré)
- La Fiancée du diable (1854, text by Eugène Scribe and H. Romand)
- Miss Fauvette (1855, text by J. Barbier and M. Carré)
- Les Saisons (1855, text by J. Barbier and M. Carré)
- La Reine Topaze (1856, text by Lockroy and Battu)
- Les Chaises à porteurs (1858, text by Dumanoir and Clairville)
- La Fée Carabosse (1859, text by Lockroy and Frères Cogniard)
- La Mule de Pedro (1863, text by Dumanoir)
- Fior d'Aliza (1866, after Lamartine)
- Le Fils du brigadier (1867, text by Eugène Labiche and Delacour)
- Paul and Virginie (1876, text by J. Barbier and M. Carré)
- Une Nuit de Cléopâtre (1885, text by J. Barbier)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Volker Dehs: "Jules Verne entre Léo Delibes, Halévy et Victor Massé", in Revue Jules Verne, no. 24: Jules Verne et la musique (2007), p. 97–102.
- 1822 births
- 1884 deaths
- 19th-century French classical composers
- 19th-century French male musicians
- Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris
- Burials at Montmartre Cemetery
- Conservatoire de Paris alumni
- French opera composers
- French operetta composers
- French Romantic composers
- French male opera composers
- Musicians from Lorient
- Prix de Rome for composition