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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.

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Le postillon de Lonjumeau

Oper Frankfurt

They meet on an island where they become aware of the power of magic and the magic of power.

Handel gave the world a magic opera, and one of his best, in 1735 - about love, manipulation and real, or pretend, feelings on Alcina’s island. What makes his characters in this moving story so special? Their (erroneous) paths, obsessions, vows of love, highly emotional confusion or their vulnerability?

Monika Buczkowska-Ward

Soprano

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Mar 2, 2025

Le postillon de Lonjumeau · Oper Frankfurt

Jun 15, 2025

Alcina · Oper Frankfurt

Future and recently performed repertoire

Madeleine / Madame de Latour in Le postillon de Lonjumeau by Adam

Oper Frankfurt

Alcina in Alcina by Händel

Oper Frankfurt

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