List of works by Jules Massenet

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The table below gives the following informaton for works by Jules Massenet (where applicable):

• Date — the year(s) of composition or arrangement, where known (if unknown, the year of first performance or publication is used).
• Title — as used on IMSLP; these are usually given in French.
• Forces — the instrumentation used.
• Key — the principal key of the work.
• Premiere — the date and location of the work's first performance, where known.
• Genre — works are grouped in the following categories: Orchestral, Opera, Oratorio, Ballet, Incidental music, Choral, Vocal, Chamber and Keyboard.
• Notes — concerning versions of works, texts, etc.

This table does not include insignificant, suppressed, destroyed, lost, or incomplete works.

For mélodies and duos published in the original eight-volume vocal anthology, see Jules Massenet: Collected Songs; these works are not included here.

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Date	Title	Forces	Key	Premiere	Genre	Notes
1866	La grand'tante	Voices, Orchestra		1867-04-03, Paris: Opéra-Comique	Opera	Opéra comique in 1 act by J. Adenis and C. Grandvallet
1872	Don César de Bazan	Voices, Chorus, Orchestra		1872-11-30, Paris: Opéra-Comique	Opera	Opéra comique in 3 acts by A. d’Ennery, P. P. Dumanoir and J. Chantepie; rev. and reorch. 1888
1877	Le roi de Lahore	Voices, Chorus, Orchestra		1877-04-27, Paris: Opéra	Opera	Opéra in 5 acts by L. Gallet
1881	Hérodiade	Voices, Chorus, Orchestra		1881-12-19, Brussels: Monnaie	Opera	Opéra in 3 acts by P. Milliet and G. Hartmann (as H. Grémont); rev. in 4 Acts 1884
1884	Manon	Voices, Chorus, Orchestra		1884-01-19, Paris: Opéra-Comique	Opera	Opéra comique in 5 acts by H. Meilhac and P. Gille, after Prévost
1885	Le Cid	Voices, Chorus, Orchestra		1885-11-30, Paris: Opéra	Opera	Opéra in 4 acts by A. d'Ennery, E. Blau and L. Gallet, after P. Corneille
1889	Esclarmonde	Voices, Chorus, Orchestra		1889-05-15, Paris: Opéra-Comique	Opera	Opéra romanesque in 4 acts by A. Blau and L. de Gramont
1891	Le mage	Voices, Chorus, Orchestra		1891-03-16, Paris: Opéra	Opera	Opéra in 5 acts by J. Richepin
1887	Werther	Voices, Chorus, Orchestra		1892-02-16, Vienna: Hofoper (in German)	Opera	Drame lyrique in 4 acts by E. Blau, P. Milliet and G. Hartmann; French premiere 1893-01-16, Paris: Opéra-Comique
1894	Thaïs	Voices, Chorus, Orchestra		1894-03-16, Paris: Opéra	Opera	Comédie lyrique in 3 acts by L. Gallet, after A. France; rev. 1898
1894	Le portrait de Manon	Voices, Chorus, Orchestra		1894-05-08, Paris: Opéra-Comique	Opera	Opéra comique in 1 act by G. Boyer
1894	La Navarraise	Voices, Chorus, Orchestra		1894-06-20, London: Covent Garden	Opera	Épisode lyrique in 2 acts by J. Claretie and H. Cain
1891-1910	Amadis	Voices, Chorus, Orchestra		1922-04-01, Monte Carlo: Opéra	Opera	Opéra légendaire in 4 acts by J. Claretie
1897	Sapho	Voices, Chorus, Orchestra		1897-11-27, Paris: Opéra-Comique	Opera	Pièce lyrique in 5 acts by H. Cain and A. Bernède, after A. Daudet; rev. 1909
1898	Cendrillon	Voices, Chorus, Orchestra		1899-05-24, Paris: Opéra-Comique	Opera	Conte de fées in 4 acts by H. Cain, after C. Perrault
1901	Grisélidis	Voices, Chorus, Orchestra		1901-11-20, Paris: Opéra-Comique	Opera	Conte lyrique in 3 acts by A. Silvestre and E. Morand
1901	Le jongleur de Notre-Dame	Voices, Chorus, Orchestra		1902-02-18, Monte Carlo: Opéra	Opera	Miracle in 3 acts by M. Léna, after A. France
1904	Chérubin	Voices, Chorus, Orchestra		1905-02-14, Monte Carlo: Opéra	Opera	Comédie chantée in 3 acts by F. Croisset and H. Cain
1906	Ariane	Voices, Chorus, Orchestra		1908-10-31, Paris: Opéra	Opera	Opéra in 5 acts by C. Mendès
1906	Thérèse	Voices, Chorus, Orchestra		1907-02-07, Monte Carlo: Opéra	Opera	Drame musical in 2 acts by J. Claretie
1909	Bacchus	Voices, Chorus, Orchestra		1909-05-05, Paris: Opéra	Opera	Opéra in 4 acts by C. Mendès
1909	Don Quichotte	Voices, Chorus, Orchestra		1910-02-19, Monte Carlo: Opéra	Opera	Comédie-héroïque in 5 acts by H. Cain, after J. Le Lorrain
1911—2	Roma	Voices, Chorus, Orchestra		1912-02-17, Monte Carlo: Opéra	Opera	Opéra tragique in 5 acts by H. Cain, after A. Parodi
1912	Panurge	Voices, Chorus, Orchestra		1913-04-25, Paris: Gaité	Opera	Haulte farce musicale in 3 acts by M. Boukay and G. Spitzmüller, after Rabelais
1912	Cléopâtre	Voices, Chorus, Orchestra		1914-02-23, Monte Carlo: Opéra	Opera	Drame passionel in 4 acts by L. Payen
1891	Le carillon	Orchestra		1892-02-21, Vienna: Burgtheater, as Das Glockenspiel	Ballet	Légende mimée et dansée in 1 act by C. de Roddaz and E. van Dyck
1901	Les rosati	Orchestra		1901-12-09, Paris: Opéra-Comique	Ballet	Divertissement des roses in 1 act by Mme. Marquita
1903	Cigale	Voices, Orchestra		1904-02-04, Paris: Opéra-Comique	Ballet	Divertissement-ballet in 2 acts by H. Cain
1908	Espada	Orchestra		1908-02-13, Monte Carlo: Opéra	Ballet	Ballet in 1 act by H. de Rothschild (as R. Maugars)
1872	Les Érinnyes	Voices, Orchestra		1873-01-08, Paris: Théâtre de l'Odéon	Incidental music	Tragédie antique in 2 Acts by Leconte de Lisle; rev. 1875—6
1883	Nana Sahib	Orchestra		1883-12-20, Paris: Théâtre de la Porte Saint Martin	Incidental music	Drama by J. Richepin; unpublished
1884	Théodora	Voices, Orchestra		1884-12-26, Paris: Théâtre de la Porte Saint Martin	Incidental music	Drama in 5 acts by V. Sardou; unpublished except Chanson de Théodora
1886	Le crocodile	Orchestra		1886-12-21, Paris: Théâtre de la Porte Saint Martin	Incidental music	Drama in 5 acts by V. Sardou
1900	Phèdre	Orchestra		1900-12-08, Paris: Théâtre de l'Odéon	Incidental music	Tragédie in 5 acts by Racine; Overture comp. 1873
1904	Le grillon du foyer	Orchestra		1904-10-01, Paris: Théâtre de l'Odéon	Incidental music	Comédie in 3 acts by L. de Francmesnil, after Dickens; published 1923
1911	Jérusalem	Female chorus, Orchestra		1914-01-14, Monte Carlo: Opéra	Incidental music	Drama in 5 acts by G. Rivollet ; published 1912
1871—2	Marie-Magdaleine	Voices, Chorus, Orchestra		1873-04-11, Paris: Théâtre de l'Odéon	Oratorio	Drame sacré in 3 acts by L. Gallet
1874	Ève	Voices, Chorus, Orchestra		1875-03-18, Paris: Cirque d'Été	Oratorio	Mystère in 3 acts by L. Gallet
1877—8	La vierge	Voices, Chorus, Orchestra		1880-05-22, Paris: Opéra	Oratorio	Légende sacrée in 4 acts by C. Grandmougin
1897—9	La terre promise	Voices, Chorus, Orchestra		1900-03-15, Paris: St. Eustache	Oratorio	Oratorio in 3 parts after the Vulgate
1880	Ave maris stella	2 Voices, Cello ad lib.			Vocal	Motet; published 1886
1880	Souvenez-vous, Vierge Marie!, prière de Saint Bernard	Tenor, SATB chorus, Organ, Orchestra	E♭ major	1881-01-27, Paris - cond. Pasdeloup	Vocal	Words by G. Boyer; published 1881
1886	Biblis	3 Voices (Mez/Ten/Bar), SATB chorus, Orchestra		1887-01-27	Choral	Scène religieuse by G. Boyer; published 1887
1884	Pie Jesu	Voice, Cello ad lib., Organ			Vocal	First published 1893
1894	O salutaris	Soprano, SATB Chorus, Harp, Organ			Choral
1910	Panis angelicus	Voice, Organ			Vocal
1911	Élévation	Organ	D major		Keyboard
1912	Prélude en ut majeur	Organ	C major		Keyboard
1889?	Cantate en l'honneur du Bienheureux Jean-Gabriel Perboyre, missionnaire Lazariste	Baritone, Male chorus, Organ ad lib.			Vocal	First published 1890
1884—5	Apollon aux muses	Tenor, Orchestra			Vocal	Words by P. Collin
1866	Alleluia	SATB Chorus			Choral	Words by G. Chouquet
1877?	Narcisse	Tenor, SATB Chorus, Orchestra	E♭ major	1878-02-11, Paris: Société Guillot-Sainbris	Choral	Idylle antique by P. Collin ; First published 1879
1890	La fédérale	Unison Chorus			Choral	Words by G. Boyer
1899	Les bluets	Female chorus, Piano 4 hands			Choral	Words by J. Chaffotte
1904	A la jeunesse	2 Female voices a cappella			Vocal	Words by J. Combarieu
1860	1812	TTBB Chorus			Choral	Words by E. Moreau ; First published 1886
1866?	Le moulin	TTBB Chorus			Choral	Words by G. Chouquet
1867?	La caravane perdue	TTBB Chorus			Choral	Words by Noilan-Lamontier
1872	Villanelle	TTBB Chorus			Choral	Words by J. Ruelle
1877?	Moines et forbans	TTBB Chorus			Choral	Words by G. Chouquet
1879	Le sylphe	TTBB Chorus			Choral	Words by E. Bernier
1880	Amour	TTBB Chorus			Choral	Words by P. Milliet
1880/6?	Alerte!	TTBB Chorus			Choral	Words by J. Maissiat
1886?	Donnons	TTBB Chorus			Choral	Words by G. Boyer
1893	Chant de concorde	TTBB Chorus			Choral	Words by S. Salmona
	Mort à Néron!	TTBB Chorus			Choral	Words by M. Galerne ; First published 1913
1862	La fleur et le papillon	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by V. Hugo ; Unpublished
1862	Le crucifix	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by A. de Lamartine ; Unpublished
1863	Souvenirs d'enfance	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by H. Moreau ; Unpublished
	Écoute-moi Madeleine!	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by V. Hugo ; Unpublished
1868?	3 Mélodies, deux duos et un trio	Voices, Piano			Vocal	Op. 2 ; Words by C. Distel ; First published ca.1872
1866—9	Chants intimes	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by G. Chouquet ; rev. 1870
1868	Quatre mélodies	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Op. 12 ; L'esclave (T. Gautier), Sérénade aux mariés (J. Ruelle), La vie d'une rose (J. Ruelle), Le portrait d'une enfant (P. de Ronsard)
1866?	Poème d'avril	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by A. Silvestre ; First published 1868
1868?	Poème du souvenir	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by A. Silvestre ; First published ca.1878
1869	Nouvelle chanson sur un vieil air	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by V. Hugo ; Unpublished
1870—2	Poème pastoral	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by Florian and A. Silvestre ; First published 1872
1870	Le soir	2 Female Voices, Piano			Vocal	Words by L. Baillet ; First published 1872
1871	Dialogue nocturne	Soprano, Tenor, Piano			Vocal	Words by A. Silvestre ; First published 1872
1871	Au large	Mezzo-soprano, Baritone, Piano			Vocal	Words by L. Sieffert ; Unpublished
1871	Rêvons, c'est l'heure	Soprano, Baritone, Piano			Vocal	Words by P. Verlaine ; First published 1872
1872?	Salut, printemps!	2 Voices, Piano			Vocal	Words by L. Baillet ; First published 1879
1876?	Poème d'octobre	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by P. Collin ; First published 1877
1878—80	Poème d'amour	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by P. Robiquet ; First published 1880
1882	Poème d'hiver	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by A. Silvestre
1884	Où que s'envole	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by P. Bourguignat
1888	Fleurs cueillies	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by L. Bricourt
1890	Lui et elle	2 Voices, Piano			Vocal	Words by T. Maquet
1891	Aux étoiles	2 Female Voices, Piano			Vocal	Words by T. Maquet
1891	L'âme des fleurs	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by P. Delair
1891	Les mères	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by G. Boyer ; First published 1892 ; rev. 1901
1891	Rien n'est que la France	Voice, Harp or Harpsichord			Vocal	Published in A. Silvestre's Floréal under the pseudonym Eurotas
1891	Épithalame	2 Voices, Unison Chorus, Harpsichord			Vocal	Published in A. Silvestre's Floréal under the pseudonym Eurotas
1893	Mienne!	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by E. Laroche ; First published 1894
1893	Soir de printemps	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Déclamatorium by G. Martin ; First published 1894
1894	Les fleurs	Soprano, Baritone, Piano			Vocal	Words by J. Normand ; Also orchestrated
1894	Tristesse	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by P. Carrier
1895	La chevrière	2 Female Voices, Piano			Vocal	Petit conte rustique by E. Noël ; Orchestrated 1901
1895	Noël	2 Female Voices, Piano			Vocal
1895	Poème d'un soir	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by G. Vanor
1899	Passionément	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by C. Fuster
1899	Éternité	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by M. Girard
1900	Chansons des bois d'Amaranthe	4 Voices (SATB), Piano			Vocal	Words by M. Legrand, after Redwitz ; First published 1901 ; Also orchestrated
1902	Quelque chansons mauves	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by A. Lebey
1902—12	Expressions lyriques	Voice, Piano			Vocal	10 mélodies with words by M. Varenne, M. Roch de Louvencourt, T. Maurer, J. Dortzal, R. de Gontaut Biron, S. Poirson, M. Grain ; 4 songs also orchestrated ; First published 1913
1903	Trois poèmes chastes	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Le pauv'petit (G. Boyer), Vers Bethléem (P. Le Moyne), La légende du baiser (J. de Villeurs)
1904	Avant la bataille	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by J. de Villeurs
1905	Dors, Magda	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by A. Silvestre
1905	Tes cheveux	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by C. Bruno
1905	Je mourrai plus que toi!	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by P. Verlaine
1905	Chant de nourrice	Alto, Baritone, Piano			Vocal	Mélodie avec déclamation by J. Alcard
1906	C'est le printemps	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by A. Gillouin
1906	En chantant	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by G. Boyer
1906	La mélodie des baisers	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by A. Alexandre
1907	Le temps et l'amour	Tenor, Baritone, Piano			Vocal	Words by L. Landau (as Ludana)
1907	L'heure douce	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by E. Chabroux
1907?	Le poème des fleurs	Female Voices, Piano			Vocal	Words by A. Gasquy, after B. Allievo ; First published 1908
1908	L'heure solitaire	Soprano, Alto, Piano			Vocal	Words by J. Ader
1908	Dormons parmi les lys	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by H. Picard
1909	Ton souvenir	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by E. Feillet
1909	Immortalité	2 Voices a capella			Vocal	Canon à deux voix by J. Combarieu
1909?	Parfums	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by J. Dortzal ; First published 1914
1910	Toujours	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by P. Max
1910	Dieu créa le désert	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by M. Grain
1911	Retour d'oiseau	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by P. Stuart
1912	Effusion	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by H. Allorge
1912	La chanson du ruisseau	2 Female Voices, Piano			Vocal	Words by A. Lugnier
1912	La vision de Loti	4 Voices (SATB), Piano			Vocal	Words by E. Noël, after P. Loti
1912?	L'oiseau de paradis	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by J. Princet ; First published 1913
1912?	Le coffret d'ébène	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Words by V. Jannet ; First published 1914
	La verdadera vida	Voice, Piano			Vocal	Coplas by G. de Saix ; First published 1933
1863	Ouverture en sol	Orchestra	G major		Orchestral	Op. 1 ; Transcribed for Piano 4 hands and published as Ouverture de concert (1869)
1864?—75	Scènes napolitaines	Orchestra		1876	Orchestral	Suite d'orchestre No. 5
1865	Suite d'orchestre No. 1	Orchestra	F major	1867-03-24, Paris - cond. Pasdeloup	Orchestral
1866	Deux fantaisies pour orchestre	Orchestra		1866-07, Paris: Concerts des Champs-Élysées	Orchestral	Une noce flamande, Le retour d'une caravane
1870?	Scènes hongroises	Orchestra	C major	1871-11-26, Paris - cond. Pasdeloup	Orchestral	Suite d'orchestre No. 2 ; Arr. of pieces originally written for piano 4 hands (1869—70) ; First published 1880
1872?	Scènes pittoresques	Orchestra	D major	1874-03-22, Paris - cond. Colonne	Orchestral	Suite d'orchestre No. 4 ; First published 1874
1873	Concert tzigane	Orchestra			Orchestral	Unpublished
1873	Ouverture de Phèdre	Orchestra	G minor	1874-02-22, Paris - cond. Colonne	Orchestral	Complete incidental music composed 1900
1874	Scènes dramatiques	Orchestra		1875-01-10, Paris: Conservatoire	Orchestral	Suite d'orchestre No. 3
1874	Ronde nocturne dans le jardin de Juliette	Orchestra			Orchestral	Reworked as Improvisations, No. 7 (1875)
1879	Marche héroïque de Szabady	Orchestra		1879-06-07, Paris: Opéra	Orchestral	Transcribed for piano solo by Liszt, S.572
1880—1	Scènes de féerie	Orchestra		1881-03, London	Orchestral	Suite d'orchestre No. 6 ; First published 1882
1882	Scènes alsaciennes	Orchestra	D major	1882-03-19, Paris - cond. Colonne	Orchestral	Suite d'orchestre No. 7
1887	Parade militaire	Orchestra	D major		Orchestral	Morceau de genre pour orchestre
1891	Visions	Orchestra	A minor		Orchestral	Unpublished
1896—7	Fantaisie pour violoncelle et orchestre	Cello, Orchestra	D major		Orchestral	First published 1897
1864	Devant la Madone	Orchestra			Orchestral	Souvenir de la campagne de Rome ; First published 1897 ; Also published in piano reduction
1897	Marche solennelle	Orchestra			Orchestral	Also published for piano 4 hands
1901	Pièces pour petit orchestre	Orchestra			Orchestral	Arr. of mélodies On dit! and Sœur d'élection
1900	Brumaire	Orchestra		1901-03-10, Paris - cond. Colonne	Orchestral	Ouverture pour le drame d'Édouard Noël ; First published 1901
1902?—12	Suite parnassienne	Narrator, SATB Chorus, Orchestra			Orchestral	Fresque musical by M. Léna ; First published 1913
1902?—12	Suite théatrale	Narrator, Voices, Orchestra			Orchestral	Words by M. Léna ; First published 1913
1903	Piano Concerto	Piano, Orchestra	E♭ major	1903-02-01, Paris: Conservatoire - L. Dièmer, piano	Orchestral
1866?	Deux pièces	Cello, Piano			Chamber	First published 1877
1867	Adagio religioso	Violin, Organ			Chamber	Unpublished
1867	Duo	Cello, Double bass			Chamber	First published 1974
1899	Les grands violons du roi Louis XV	2 Violins (or String Orchestra)			Chamber
1867	3 Pièces pour piano à 4 mains	Piano 4 hands			Keyboard	Op. 11 ; Published as Première suite
1866?	Scènes de bal	Piano 4 hands			Keyboard	Op. 17 ; First published ca.1870
1869	Ouverture de concert	Piano 4 hands			Keyboard	Transcription of Ouverture en sol
1869—70	Six danses	Piano 4 hands			Keyboard	Unpublished
1870	Trois marches	Piano 4 hands			Keyboard	Unpublished
1870	Deux berceuses	Piano 4 hands			Keyboard	Unpublished
1871	Simplicité	Piano 4 hands			Keyboard	Valse à ne pas danser ; collab. Georges Bizet (prima by Massenet, seconda by Bizet)
1897	Année passée	Piano 4 hands			Keyboard	Suite de 12 pièces en 4 livres
1861	Grande fantaisie de concert sur Le pardon de Ploërmel de G. Meyerbeer	Piano solo			Keyboard
1866	Dix pièces de genre	Piano solo			Keyboard	Op. 10
1871	Le roman d'Arlequin	Piano solo	C major		Keyboard	Pantomimes enfantines ; First published 1872 ; Orchestrated ca.1880
1872?	Ma cousine	Piano solo			Keyboard	Pantomime ; Unpublished
1874	Improvisations	Piano solo			Keyboard	First published 1875
1892	Toccata	Piano solo	B♭ major		Keyboard
1896	Deux impromptus	Piano solo			Keyboard	Eau dormante, Eau courante
1897?	Un momento musicale	Piano solo			Keyboard
1898	Valse folle	Piano solo	D major		Keyboard
1901	Valse très lente	Piano solo	C major		Keyboard	Also orchestrated
1902	Musique pour bercer les petits enfants	Piano solo	G major		Keyboard
1907	Deux pièces pour piano	Piano solo			Keyboard	Papillons noirs, Papillons blancs