Le Soulier de satin

The Opéra national de Paris writes:

"The subject for the 'Satin Slipper' comes from a Chinese legend about two celestial stars in love who, each year, having travelled far, manage to come within reach of each other without ever being able to come together from the disparate sides of the Milky Way.” So surmised Paul Claudel. The play, whose power of attraction has never wavered, occupies a special place in the theatrical repertoire of the 20th century: Written between 1919 and 1924 and first staged by Jean-Louis Barrault in an abri ...