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Adolphe Adam, Le Postillon de Lonjumeau

I: Overture

I: Choir: "Le joli mariage!" [What a lovely wedding!]

I: Dialogue: "Eh bien! Ma bonne Madeleine" [My dear Madeleine]

I: Duet: "Quoi, tous les deux!" [What, both of us?]

I: Dialogue: "Très bien, il paraît que vous êtes pressés" [Very well, apparently you are in a hurry]

I: Ensemble: "Jeunes époux, voici l'heure fortunée" [Young spouses, here is the happy hour]

I: Ronde du postillon: "Mes amis, écoutez l'histoire" [My friends, hear the tale]

I: Dialogue: "Un mot, mon garçon" [A word, my boy]

I: Finale: "À mes désirs, il faut te rendre" [You must comply with my wishes]

II: Entr'acte

II: Aria: "Je vais donc le revoir" [And so I am to see him again]

II: Ensemble and Choir: "Ah! Quel tourment!" [What torment!]

II: Romance: "Assis au pied d'un hêtre" [Seated at the foot of a beech tree]

II: Romance with two couplets: "Assis au pied d'un hêtre" [Seated at the foot of a beech tree]

II: Dialogue: "Elle est ici" [She is here]

II: Aria: "Oui, des choristes du théâtre" [Yes, of all the opera chorus]

II: Duet: "Grâce au hasard" [Thanks to chance]

II: Dialogue: "On vient! ... C'est Biju"

II: Finale: "Ah! Quelle étonnante nouvelle!" [What astonishing news!]

III: Entr'acte

III: Dialogue: "Saint-Phar!"

III: Choir: "Du vrai bonheur" [Taste the charms of true happiness]

III: Dialogue: "Enfin, nous voilà seuls" [Finally, we're alone]

III: Grand Aria: "À la noblesse, je m'allie" [I have risen to the ranks of nobility]

III: Monologue: "Tout a réussi" [It was all a success]

III: Trio: "Pendu!" [Hanged!]

III: Dialogue: "Ils sont partis" [They have gone]

III: Duet and Finale: "À ma douleur soyez sensible" [Have pity on my suffering]

Adolphe Adam's Le Postillon de Lonjumeau

Michel Fau (stage director), Sébastien Rouland (conductor) — With Michael Spyres, Florie Valiquette, Franck Leguérinel...

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Cast

Michel Fau — Stage director

Emmanuel Charles — Stage sets

Christian Lacroix — Costumes

Joël Fabing — Lighting

Pascale Fau — Hair and makeup

Michael Spyres — Chapelou/Saint-Phar

Florie Valiquette — Madeleine/Madame de Latour

Program notes

Adolphe Adam’s runaway comedic smash hit returns to the stage of Paris's Opéra Comique, where it premiered nearly 200 years ago! In this 2019 production led by stage director Michel Fau and music director Sébastien Rouland, the three-act comic opera that made its composer an international celebrity—absent from Paris stages since 1894—thrills audiences once more! 

Immediately after his wedding to pretty Lonjumeau innkeeper Madeleine, the young coachman Chapelou’s beautiful singing voice is “discovered” by the visiting Paris Opera director, and he is transported away to become a star in the big city. His feisty Madeleine is in shock, but remains determined to get her future husband back. 10 years later they meet once more, and delightful hilarity ensues. Discover the opera about opera that set 19th-century Europe on fire!

Photo © Stefan Brion - Opera Comique

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