Chelsea Opera Group present Le Roi d'Ys by Édouard Lalo: A concert performance in French with English surtitles at Cadogan Hall, London on Sunday 30th March 2025

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Chelsea Opera Group present Le Roi d'Ys by Édouard Lalo

A concert performance in French with English surtitles

Add to my Calendar 30-03-2025 18:30 30-03-2025 20:30 36 Chelsea Opera Group present Le Roi d'Ys by Édouard Lalo Chelsea Opera Group present Édouard Lalo’s Le Roi d’Ys, a concert performance in French with English surtitles at the Cadogan Hall, London on Sunday 30th March 6.30pm Le roi d'Ys (The King of Ys) is an opera in three acts and five tableaux by the French composer Édouard Lalo, to a libretto by Édouard Blau, based on the old Breton legend of the drowned city of Ys, which was, according to the legend, the capital of the kingdom of Cornouaille. It premiered at the Opéra Comique in Paris on 7 May 1888.  Lalo’s opera presents us with a Breton Atlantis: the mythical city of Ys, a glorious outpost in the sea off the coast of Brittany, protected by a wall and a gate with only one key. Margared, the daughter of the King, becomes jealous over the marriage of her beloved knight Mylio to her sister Rozenn. She hands the key to the gate to Karnac, an enemy of the city, with disastrous consequences and divine intervention. Audiences of the day delighted in the dramatic plot and ecstatic music, and it was performed hundreds of times across France and internationally over the decade following its premiere in 1888. For this performance, conductor Paul Wingfield makes a welcome return to Chelsea Opera Group after his critically acclaimed performance of La clemenza di Tito in 2023.   Cadogan Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Cadogan Hall
5 Sloane Terrace
Sloane Square, Belgravia
London
SW1X 9DQ
England

Sunday 30th March 2025
6:30 PM

Programme

Edouard Lalo – Le roi d'Ys

Performers

Paul Wingfield – Conductor
Thomas D Hopkinson – Bass
Maria Schellenberg – mezzo-soprano
Hye-Youn Lee – soprano
Alexey Gusev – baritone
Luis Gomes – tenor
Ross Cumming – baritone
Edward Jowle – Bass Baritone

Chelsea Opera Group Orchestra
Chelsea Opera Group Chorus

Programme Note

Chelsea Opera Group present Édouard Lalo’s Le Roi d’Ys, a concert performance in French with English surtitles at the Cadogan Hall, London on Sunday 30th March 6.30pm

Le roi d'Ys (The King of Ys) is an opera in three acts and five tableaux by the French composer Édouard Lalo, to a libretto by Édouard Blau, based on the old Breton legend of the drowned city of Ys, which was, according to the legend, the capital of the kingdom of Cornouaille. It premiered at the Opéra Comique in Paris on 7 May 1888.

Lalo’s opera presents us with a Breton Atlantis: the mythical city of Ys, a glorious outpost in the sea off the coast of Brittany, protected by a wall and a gate with only one key.

Margared, the daughter of the King, becomes jealous over the marriage of her beloved knight Mylio to her sister Rozenn. She hands the key to the gate to Karnac, an enemy of the city, with disastrous consequences and divine intervention.

Audiences of the day delighted in the dramatic plot and ecstatic music, and it was performed hundreds of times across France and internationally over the decade following its premiere in 1888.

For this performance, conductor Paul Wingfield makes a welcome return to Chelsea Opera Group after his critically acclaimed performance of La clemenza di Tito in 2023.

Edouard Lalo – Le roi d'Ys. A concert performance in French with English surtitles

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