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L’Étoile did much to establish Chabrier as a major force on the Parisian stage and his contemporary Henri Duparc praised him specifically for creating a French comic genre, both funny and musical – described as something of a French Die Meistersinger. The fanciful story is set in an imaginary kingdom and all, naturally, ends well. However, despite the slight plot line L’Étoile is something of a pivotal work, a unique example of French 19th-century light opera, orchestrated with great sophistication and flooded with gossamer wit. |
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Britten: Peter Grimes
Lohengrin
Tristan Und Isolde
Amadeus
Beethoven: Fidelio
La Forza del Destino - The Met
Il Trovatore
La Traviata - The Met
Lohengrin
Tosca
Carmen
Mussorgsky: Khovanschina
The Cunning Little Vixen
Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio
Richard Strauss: Elektra
Gianni Schicchi
The Magic Flute
The Marriage of Figaro
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Svätopluk
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