Édouard Lalo
Opera flourished in late nineteenth-century Paris and many works of the period went on to gain international renown. These include "Mignon" (1866) and "Hamlet" (1868) by Ambroise Thomas; "Samson et Dalila" (1877, in the "Opéra" 's new home, the Palais Garnier) by Camille Saint-Saëns; "Lakmé" (1883) by Léo Delibes; and "Le roi d'Ys" (1888) by Édouard Lalo. The most consistently successful composer of the era was Jules Massenet, who produced twenty-five operas in his characteristically suave and elegant style, including several for the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels and the Opéra de Monte-Carlo. His tragic romances "Manon" (1884) and "Werther" (1892) have weathered changes in musical fashion and are still widely performed today.