November 9, 2018 7:30pm
November 11, 2018 2:00pm
Huntington Avenue Theatre
LE MÉDECIN MALGRÉ LUI (THE DOCTOR IN SPITE OF HIMSELF)
By Charles Gounod with recitatives by Erik Satie
Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré after the play by Molière
BOSTON PREMIERE
Fully staged, Performed in French with English supertitles
Sganarelle, a boozy lumberjack, impersonates a doctor in this brilliant opéra comique based on the play by Molière. Confusion abounds! Will Sganarelle be discovered a fraud? Will his patient, the beautiful Lucinde, overcome her illness and be united with her lover Leandre? Will her father, Geronte, be outwitted by the “mock doctor?” Will anyone be left standing in the end? This is a work greatly admired by Stravinsky and Strauss, who considered it a masterpiece, and Berlioz who proclaimed it “Gounod is at his best!” Its elegant orchestration and vivid characters have enchanted audiences since its premiere and is sure to enchant you this coming fall. An added bonus will be the inclusion of the almost never heard recitatives created by Erik Satie for Diaghilev’s 1924 Monte Carlo revival.
“Gil Rose has a knack for finding the right voices.”
–the Boston globe
Cast and Creative
Stephen Salters
SGANARELLE
Piotr Buszewski
LEANDRE
Tascha Anderson
JACQUELINE
James Demler
GERONTE
Stefan Barner
LUCAS
Ryne Cherry
VALÈRE
Whitney Robinson
MARTINE
Kristen Watson
LUCINDE
Daniel Pelzig
STAGE DIRECTOR
Gil Rose
CONDUCTOR
PRODUCTION TEAM
Brooke Stanton…Costume Designer
Dan Daly…Scenic Designer
Christopher Ostrom…Lighting Designer
Rachel Padula-Shufelt…Hair and Make-up Designer
