Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet 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 and Werther. He also com

Jean-Louis Pichon was a French stage director, opera manager and author. He was manager of the Opéra de Saint-Étienne from 1983 to 2008, dedicated to the French repertoire, where he co-founded and dir