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Stage director

Stage director (+2)

Hans Walter Richter

Costume designer

Set designer (+1)

Kaspar Glarner

Set designer

Lighting designer

Jakob Bogensperger

Dramaturge

Dramaturge (+1)

Mareike Wink

Tenor (+1)

Francesco Demuro

Chapelou

Saint Phar

Soprano (+1)

Monika Buczkowska

Madame De Latour

Ava Dodd

Baritone (+3)

Jarrett Porter

Le Marquis de Corcy

Bass (+2)

Morgan-Andrew King

Bourdon

Bass (+1)

Wolfgang Gerold

Louis XV

Orchestra

Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester

Opernhaus

Choreographer

Librettist (+3)

Gabriel Wanka

Chorusmaster

Chorusmaster (+2)

Álvaro Corral Matute

Rose

Chorus

Choir of the Frankfurt Opera

Répétiteur

Conductor (+4)

Takeshi Moriuchi

Pianist (+2)

Anne Larlee

Conductor (+3)

Felice Venanzoni

Conductor

Conductor (+1)

Beomseok Yi

Madeleine

Assistant Chorusmaster

Joonhee Lee

Assistant Stage Director

Orest Tichonov

Bass-baritone (+2)

Joel Allison

Bijou

Alcindor

Assistant Conductor

In Sun Suh

Bass (+3)

Barnaby Rea

Coachman Chapelou gets an offer he can’t refuse, on his wedding day: The intendant of the Royal Opera wants to sign him up for the French King’s »smaller scale entertainments« … How will Chapelou’s newly wedded wife Madeleine react? Does a great singing career beckon the coachman in Paris? Will the bride and groom ever meet again?

Adolphe Adam’s sparkling Opéra comique was an international box office hit after its world premiere in Paris in 1836: People whistled the catchy tunes along streets in European capitals and quoted punchlines from the dialogues in taverns. Even Richard Wagner sometimes hummed the well-known »Postillion song«, with its spectacular high D, when he couldn’t sleep at night. The score of this all but forgotten, masterful comedy, reveals cleverly crafted ensemble and chorus numbers in addition to fiendishly high notes and coloratura.

Hans Walter Richter and Kaspar Glarner set this charming, heart-warming piece in a late baroque world of theatre, quoted in the libretto, allowing its timeless humour and wonderful theatrical parodied sidekicks come to life with much love and attention to detail.

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