Credits:

Sebastien Rouland

Description:

[Adans Masterpiece Comic Opera, Brimming with Delight, Revived on a Breathtakingly Magnificent Stage]The coachman Chaprou and Madeleine, the young innkeeper, are a newlywed couple. The Marquis de Corcy, director of the Paris Opera, visits her inn and is captivated by Chaprus beautiful voice. He tempts Chapru to become an opera singer, promising him all the money and women he could ever desire. Though hesitant, Chapru secretly sets off for Paris without telling his wife, Madeleine. Ten years later, Chapru has achieved great success as a singer. He falls in love at first sight with the beautiful Madame de La Tour, whom the Marquis de Corcy introduces to him, and proposes to her. However, this woman is actually Madeleine…*The Coachman of Longjumeau*, which premiered at the Opra-Comique in Paris in 1836, is a comic opera set against the backdrop of the 18th century, during the reign of Louis