French-language choral compositions

opera by Hector Berlioz

1887 composition by Gabriel Fauré

choral composition by Gabriel Fauré

oratorio composed by Hector Berlioz

tragedie lyrique composed by Gabriel Fauré

symphony by Hector Berlioz

Marie-Magdeleine is an oratorio (Drame Sacré) in three acts and four parts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Louis Gallet. It was first performed at the Théâtre de l'Odéon in Paris on 11 April 1873, starring the famous contralto Pauline Viardot. The first staged performance took place in Nice on February 9, 1903. It was Massenet's first success and won him the praise of Tchaikovsky, Gounod, and Bizet.

musical work; choral symphony in three parts composed by Hector Berlioz

oratorio in four parts by Jules Massenet

Cantata by Claude Debussy