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"With its comic plot and considerable theatrical potential set to brilliant music Chabrier's L'étoile is one of the most entertaining works in the genre."

L’Étoile did much to establish Chabrier as a major force on the Parisian stage and his contemporary Henri Duparc praised him specifically for creating a French comic genre, both funny and musical – described as something of a French Die Meistersinger. The fanciful story is set in an imaginary kingdom and all, naturally, ends well. However, despite the slight plot line L’Étoile is something of a pivotal work, a unique example of French 19th-century light opera, orchestrated with great sophistication and flooded with gossamer wit.

Top Cast

  • Stéphanie d'Oustrac

    Stéphanie d'Oustrac

    Lazuli

  • Christophe Mortagne

    Christophe Mortagne

    King Ouf

  • Hélène Guilmette

    Hélène Guilmette

    Princess Laoula

  • Jérôme Varnier

    Jérôme Varnier

    Siroco

  • Julie Boulianne

    Julie Boulianne

    Aloès

  • François Piolino

    François Piolino

    Tapioca

  • Elliot Madore

    Elliot Madore

    Prince Hérisson de Porc-Epic

Overview

L’Étoile did much to establish Chabrier as a major force on the Parisian stage and his contemporary Henri Duparc praised him specifically for creating a French comic genre, both funny and musical – described as something of a French Die Meistersinger. The fanciful story is set in an imaginary kingdom and all, naturally, ends well. However, despite the slight plot line L’Étoile is something of a pivotal work, a unique example of French 19th-century light opera, orchestrated with great sophistication and flooded with gossamer wit.

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