Le postillon de Lonjumeau

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...