Le Roi Malgré Lui, opéra-comique in three acts, 1887 [The King in Spite of Himself], 1887
Music by Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894)
Libretto by Emile de Najac, Paul Burani, revised by the un-credited Jean Richepin as well as the composer himself, after the vaudeville of the same name written in 1836 by Jacques-Arsène Ancelot (1794-1854).
Sung in French, with English Supertitles
BardSummerscape Festival co-production with Wexford Festival (Ireland)
American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein, Music Director
Stage Director Thaddeus Strassberger
Set Design by Kevin Knight
Costume Design by Mattie Ullrich

Cast:
Henri – Liam Bonner
Nangis- Michele Angelini
Minka – Andriana Chuchman
Alexina ...

Dear readers, this festival is very promising, and it includes an opera. It will happen in Annandale-on-Hudson, 90 miles north of New York City (round trip by train is available for $30), with 7 weeks of opera, music, dance, film, theater, and more, with a strong focus on French culture.

The event takes place in an outstanding venue, the Richard B. Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, by architect Frank Gehry. Just look at these pictures!
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Metropolitan Opera House - 2012-2013 Season

2012–13 Live in HD Schedule

Donizetti’s L'Elisir d'Amore–New Production

October 13, 2012


Anna Netrebko and Matthew Polenzani star in Bartlett Sher's new production of one of the greatest comic gems in opera, as the fickle Adina and her besotted Nemorino. Mariusz Kwiecien is the blustery sergeant Belcore and Ambrogio Maestri is Dulcamara, the loveable quack and dispenser of the elixir. Maurizio Benini conducts.

Verdi’s Otello

October 27, 2012

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