Opera
MANON
de JULES MASSENET - 16/10/09 - 18/10/09
de Jules Massenet (1842-1912)Comic opera in five acts and six tableaux A young female sinner created by the libertine pen of Antoine-François Prévost in 1731, Manon becomes an innocent virgin in Massenet’s 1882 opera, whose music reflects the passions of the plot, and delightfully enlivens inns, balls and brilliant vocal ...
LA PÉRICHOLE
de JACQUES OFFENBACH - 13/01/10 - 17/01/10
Comic opera in three acts (in French)Having appeared in our production of La Belle Hélène last season, Stéphanie d’Oustrac will be taking the leading role in Offenbach’s moving and droll La Périchole. Without renouncing the classy tomfoolery and rapid-fire pacing that made him such a success, in La Périchole Offenbach ...
L'AFFAIRE MAKROPOULOS
DE LEOS JANACEK - 13/06/10 - 15/06/10
Opera in three acts (in Czech with French supertitles) Emilia Marty is a sublimely beautiful young woman, although she seems far older than her years, having been through so much in her short life. After a striking overture that plunges us into the troubling world of Karel Capek’s play, Janacek ...