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Jules Massenet

Born on May 12, 1842

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Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet (French:; 12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912) was a French composer of the Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty. The two most frequently staged are Manon (1884) and Werther (1892).

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