Victor Massé (born Félix-Marie Massé; 7 March 1822 – 5 July 1884) was a French composer.
Biography
Massé was born in
Lorient (
Morbihan) and studied at the
Paris Conservatoire, winning the
Prix de Rome in 1844 for his
cantataLe 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) and Paul et Virginie (1876). His best-known and most successful work was the opéra comiqueLes Noces de Jeannette (1853). His last work, Une Nuit de Cléopâtre, was performed posthumously in April 1885.