| Le Mage | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Jules Massenet | |
 Poster by Alfredo Edel, 1891. | |
| Librettist | Jean Richepin |
| Language | French |
| Premiere | 16 March 1891 |
Le Mage ("the Magus") is an opera in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Jean Richepin. It was first performed at the Paris Opéra in Paris on 16 March 1891 in costumes by Charles Bianchini and sets by Auguste Alfred Rubé, Philippe Chaperon and Marcel Jambon (Act I), Amable and Eugène Gardy (Act II), Alfred Lemeunier (Act III), and Jean-Baptiste Lavastre and Eugène Carpezat (Acts IV and V).
Since its premiere run of 31 performances Le Mage has been rarely performed (it was seen in The Hague in 1896), and it is one of Massenet's least known operas.[1] However, it falls squarely in the middle of his most productive period. A rare complete concert performance took place in Saint-Étienne in 2012.[2]
- ^ Irvine D. Massenet: a chronicle of his life and times. Amadeus Press, Portland, 1997.
- ^ La résurrection du Mage à Saint-Etienne, review from Massenet Festival, retrieved 21 July 2013.