The title character recites Ossian's poetry in front of his married love interest, Gretchen, in this composer's adaptation of Goethe's Sorrows of Young Werther (VAIR-tair).
In one of this composer's operas, an unusual alto saxophone solo opens the mezzo-soprano aria "Va! Laisse couler mes larmes" ("less" coo-LAY meh LARM); that opera by this composer begins and ends with the bailiff 's children performing the Christmas carol "Noël! Jésus vient de naître" (no-ELL! Zhay-soos vee-AWNT de "NIGHT"-ruh). The title character of one of this man's operas dies in her lover's arms while marching to Le Havre to be deported. In an opera by this composer, a D-major entr'acte for orchestra and solo violin plays as the title courtesan thinks about converting to Christianity. The title character recites Ossian's poetry in front of his married love interest, Gretchen, in this composer's adaptation of Goethe's Sorrows of Young Werther (VAIR-tair). For 10 points, name this composer of Manon, who wrote the violin solo "Meditation" for his opera Thaïs ("tie"-EES).
In one of this composer's operas, an unusual alto saxophone solo opens the mezzo-soprano aria "Va!
Jules Massenet [or Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet]