September 22, 2018 7:30pm
NEC’s Jordan Hall
LA REINE DE SABA (THE QUEEN OF SHEBA)
By Charles Gounod
Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré
UNITED STATES PREMIERE
Presented in concert, Performed in French with English supertitles
Balkis, the famed Queen of Sheba, arrives in Jerusalem to meet her betrothed, King Solomon. But the beautiful and powerful Queen instead finds herself drawn to Solomon’s master architect Adoniram. What follows is a dramatic struggle between love and obligation, filled with intrigue, jealousy, and betrayal. A classic French Grand Opera from the composer who wrote Faust. This forgotten masterpiece, inspired by Gérard de Nerval’s book Le voyage en Orient, is resurrected by Odyssey Opera for one night only at Jordan Hall. Don’t miss this powerful love story in an annual concert event that has become the heralded start to the Boston classical music season.
“it was a revelation”
–South Shore Critic
Cast and Creative
Kara Shay Thomson
QUEEN OF SHEBA
Dominick Chenes
ADONIRAM
Kevin Thompson
KING SOLOMON
Michelle Trainor
BÉNONI
Matthew DiBattista
AMROU
David Kravitz
PHANOR
David Salsbery Fry
MÉTHOUSAËL/ SADOC
