Le Cid by Jules Massenet

~ JezzieG
Jules Massenet 1842-1912

Le Cid
1885
Opera

Jules Massenet
Romantic
Born: 12 May 1842, Montaud, France
Nationality: French
Died: 13 August 1912, Paris, France

Massenet was a composer of the Romantic era best known for operas, including Manon )41884) and Werther (1892). Massenet also composed oratorios, orchestral works, songs, and other music. He became a professor at the Conservatoire teaching composition from 1878-1896. His students included Ernest Chausson, Gabriel Pierné, and Gustave Charpentier. Massenet’s operas are considered well-crafted and intelligent products of the Belle Époque

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I am a freelance writer and poet and started writing after raising my two boys as a way of discovering just who Jez is. That is still very much an ongoing project but the journey so far has introduced me to many wonderful friends and fellow writers through an ever-growing love of poetry.