Victor Massé

(b Lorient, 7 March 1822; d Paris, 5 July 1884). French composer. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire, winning the Prix de Rome (1844). He was chorus master at the Opéra from 1860 and composition professor at the Conservatoire from 1866. He wrote over 20 operas, but his talents are best represented by three collections of romances, some drawing-room operettas and by the delightful opéra comique Les noces de Jeannette (1853).

Victor Massé (1822–1884).

Victor Massé (born Félix-Marie Massé, Lorient (Morbihan), 7 March 1822 - died Paris, 5 July 1884) was a French composer.

Biography

Massé 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). 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 1884 at age 62, and is buried in Montmartre Cemetery in Paris.

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