[[Image:Massenet.gif|left]]
''' Jules-Émile-Frédéric Massenet''' (1842 – 1912) was a [[French]] [[composer]] best known for his [[opera]]s. He won the Prix de Rome in 1863. Massenet was a leading opera composer like [[Franz Liszt]], [[Giuseppe Verdi]] and [[Richard Wagner]].
<blockquote>
He Massenet was one of the best-respected French composers of his day. He was, a member of the Academy and a professor of composition at the Paris Conservatoire. <ref>[http://www.morrisonfoundation.org/Massenet_Main_Page.html Jules Massenet]</ref>
</blockquote>
== Some works ==
* Les deux boursiers(never performed)* David Rizzio (Grand Prix de Roma)
* Manon
* Le Cid
* Le Mage
* '''Werther ''' * Thäis Thaïs ('''Méditation''')* '''Thérèse'''* '''Don Quichotte'''
* Roma