Organization

Stage director

Dennis Whitehead Darling

Singer

Symone Harcum

Léontine

Johnathan McCullough

Ophémon

Ashley Marie Robillard

Jeannette

Joshua Blue

Colin

Opera Philadelphia

Others

Opera Philadelphia Chorus

Orchestra

Opera Philadelphia Orchestra

Khanyiso Gwenxane

Valcour

Conductor

Kalena Bovell

Boston Lyric Opera

Sun-Ly Pierce

Dorothée

Set designer

Baron E. Pugh

Costume designer

Leslie Travers

Lighting designer

Driscoll Otto

Chorus master

Elizabeth Braden

French

L'Amant anonyme -  (L'Amant Anonyme)

Philadelphia

United States

Academy of Music

L'Amant anonyme Bologne Chevalier De Saint-Georges

Public

Private

L'Amant Anonyme

English

Approved

BOSTON LYRIC OPERA AND OPERA PHILADELPHIA
THE ANONYMOUS LOVER
MUSIC BY JOSEPH BOLOGNE, CHEVALIER DE SAINT-GEORGES
LIBRETTO BY DESFONTAINES-LAVALLÉE

PANEL (in alphabetical order)
Dennis Whitehead Darling, Director
David Devan, General Director, President, Opera Philadelphia
Kirsten Greenidge, Playwright
Marc A. Scorca, Moderator, President, CEO, OPERA America
Bradley Vernatter, General Director, CEO, Boston Lyric Opera

ARTISTS
Brianna J. Robinson*, Soprano
Omar Najmi*, Tenor

Brendon Shapiro*, Piano

* Boston Lyric Opera Jane & Steven Akin Emerging Artist Alumni

Works & Process: Boston Lyric Opera and Opera Philadelphia: The Anonymous Lover by Joseph Bologne

A romantic comedy ahead of its time, The Anonymous Lover centers on young widow Léontine. When she begins to receive a series of passionate letters from a secret admirer, she wrestles with whether she can love again, especially when it becomes apparent her friend Valcour is the unsigned author. Will love win?

Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, was a pioneering Black composer and a contemporary of Mozart and Haydn. Discover the only surviving opera by this groundbreaking 18th century composer, also an accomplished musician, fencer, and horseman.

L'Amant Anonyme by Bologne Chevalier De Saint-Georges, From (2025/2025), Directed by Dennis Whitehead Darling,, Conductor Kalena Bovell, Academy of Music, Philadelphia, United States

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Cast

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