Massenet: Thérèse
Jules Massenet constantly renewed his style. Toward the end of his life he turned to experimental forms of expression that are astonishing even today. Combining a marked taste for the late 18th century with a very modern use of naturalism, Th+ªr+¨se shows both immediacy in its dramatic discourse and lyricism in its emotional expression, thus greatly deepening the strength and poignancy of the subject.