La Cieca is sure that many, if not all, of the cher public are literally salivating at the prospect of seeing an actual performance of Chabrier’s Le Roi Malgré Lui as it will be presented in its US stage premiere at Bard SummerScape beginning July 27.
“The Met now presents works by directors like Luc Bondy or Patrice Chereau – the people who worked in Europe 20 years ago and whose work was derided from afar.” Once she gets past the librettese (“derided from afar?”) La Cieca thinks she will like this Nikolaus Bachler. [Deutsche Welle]
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