Le médecin malgré lui

Charles Gounod

November 9, 2018 at 7:30pm
November 11, 2018 at 2:00pm
Huntington Avenue Theatre

Le médecin malgré lui (The Doctor In Spite of Himself)

Boston Premiere

By Charles Gounod with recitatives by Erik Satie

Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré after the play by Molière

Fully staged, Performed in French with English supertitles

 

Sganarelle, a boozy lumberjack, impersonates a doctor in this brilliant opéra comique based on the play by Molière. Confusion abounds! Will Sganarelle be discovered a fraud? Will his patient, the beautiful Lucinde, overcome her illness and be united with her lover Leandre? Will her father, Geronte, be outwitted by the “mock doctor?” Will anyone be left standing in the end? This is a work greatly admired by Stravinsky and Strauss, who considered it a masterpiece, and Berlioz who proclaimed it “Gounod is at his best!” Its elegant orchestration and vivid characters have enchanted audiences since its premiere and is sure to enchant you this coming fall. An added bonus will be the inclusion of the almost never heard recitatives created by Erik Satie for Diaghilev’s 1924 Monte Carlo revival.

“This is proof that…opera can certainly flourish in Boston.”

–Edge


Cast and Creative

Stephen SaltersStephen Salters
Sganarelle

Piotr BuszewskiPiotr Buszewski
Leandre

Tascha AndersonTascha Anderson
Jacqueline

James DemlerJames Demler
Geronte

Stefan BarnerStefan Barner
Lucas

Ryne CherryRyne Cherry
Valère

Whitney RobinsonWhitney Robinson Martine
Kristen WatsonKristen Watson
Lucinde

Gil RoseGil Rose
Conductor

Daniel PelzigDaniel Pelzig
Director


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