Massenet Festival
massenet festival festival massenet biennale festival music french composer jules massenet held saintétienne france close area composer born first massenet festival took place november opera cléopâtre oratorio la vierge presented recent year performance given grand théâtre massenet one theatre opéra théâtre de saintetienne formerly known lesplanade appointed run opéra de saintetienne jeanlouis pichon invited jeanpierre jacquillat become musical director shortly afterwards elderly widow chief electrician théâtre eden handed mass rare vocal score included amadis massenet intrigued pichon obtained conductor score jacquillat conductor killed road accident august replacement needed urgently eventually pichon found patrick fournillier head orchestre dauvergne revival amadis january great success broadcast radiofrance led commercial issue orchestra chorus opéra de paris part bicentenary celebration french revolution thérèse staged several house montecarlo saintetienne whose production selected represent france european festival culture karlsruhe łodz zagreb following success staging massenet amadis unofficial festival work organizer decided seek funding regular festival région rhônealpes france télécom became main sponsor first festival massenet took place november festival occasionally incorporated colloquy around composer « massenet et son œuvre dans le contexte esthétique de son temp » speaker latter included roger delage massenet chabrier steven huebner wagnerism esclarmonde hugh macdonald massenet comic musical language massenet gérard condé subject « le livret d’opéra au temp de massenet » published book topic career louis gallet use pierre loti lyric theatre massenet choice operatic subject lesplanade opera house saintétienne burned arson september originally planned coproduction le roi de lahore opéra de bordeaux first seen city staged saintetienne following year temporary theatre site foireexposition reopening théâtre de l’esplanade march featured hérodiade alexia cousin alain fondary béatrice uriamonzon luca lombardo sixth festival november year offered rom pichon already produced martina franca esclarmonde staged denia mazzola gavazzeni title role along grisélidis oratorio la terre promise laurent naouri third massenet festival brought revival panurge le cid th festival included sapho conducted laurent campellone year following massenet opera presented festival performance released audio cd label kochschwann others followed thérèse ediciones singulares list opera festival note massenet festival official website library massenet festival