Grétry - L'amant jaloux
Opéra Comique, Paris, Wednesday March 17 2010 Conductor: Jérémie Rhorer. Production, Pierre-Emmanuel Rousseau. Sets: Thibaut Welchlin. Costumes: Pierre-Emmanuel Rousseau and Claudine Crauland. Léonore: Magali Léger. Isabelle: Daphné Touchais: Jacinte: Maryline Fallot. Florival: Frédéric Antoun. Don Alonze: Brad Cooper. Don Lopez: Vincent Billier. Le Cercle de l’Harmonie. Photo: Opéra Comique L'amant jaloux, ou Les fausses apparences , is a classic, inconsequential three-act comedy involving an ageing father, his eligible daughter and her best friend, a crafty servant, two penniless suitors, a serenade with mandolin accompaniment, people hiding behind doors by day or at night in gazebos, and mistaken identities (“les fausses apparences”). According to Wikipedia : “The rich merchant Don Lopez does not want his young, widowed daughter Léonore to remarry. However, she is in love with [… several lines cut …] Alonze finally recognises his sister. Alonze has just come into an inheritance ...