Le mage

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Operas by Jules Massenet

La grand'tante (1867)
Don César de Bazan (1872)
Le roi de Lahore (1877)
Hérodiade (1881)
Manon (1884)
Le Cid (1885)
Esclarmonde (1889)
Le mage (1891)
Werther (1892)
Thaïs (1894)
Le portrait de Manon (1894)
La Navarraise (1894)
Sapho (1897)
Cendrillon (1899)
Grisélidis (1901)
Le jongleur de Notre-Dame (1902)
Chérubin (1903)
Ariane (1906)
Thérèse (1907)
Bacchus (1909)
Don Quichotte (1910)
Roma (1912)
Panurge (1913)
Cléopâtre (1914)
Amadis (1922)
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Le mage is an opera in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Jean Richepin. It was first performed at the Opéra Comique in Paris on March 16, 1891.

Le mage has been rarely performed since its premiere and is one of Massenet's least known operas. However, it falls squarely in the middle of his most inspired period and, perhaps, deserves another look.

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Role Voice type Premiere Cast, March 16, 1891
(Conductor: - )
Anahita soprano
Varedha mezzo-soprano
Zarastra tenor
Amrou baritone
Le roi d'Iran bass

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