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Chabrier: The Star

Chabrier: The Star

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 1, 2019

Runtime

2h 17m

Genres

Music

Original Title

Chabrier: L'étoile

Production Companies

Opéra Comique

Director

François Roussillon

Description

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.