Opera Lafayette revived another forgotten 18th-century work Thursday at the Kennedy Center, a detour into the uncharted territory of opera comique with Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny's "Le Déserteur." The newly formed Théâtre-Italien in Paris premiered the work in 1769, and it was adapted in English for... -
'Le Déserteur': It's Seldom Done For Good Reason
Opera Lafayette revived another forgotten 18th-century work Thursday at the Kennedy Center, a detour into the uncharted territory of opera comique with Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny's "Le Déserteur." The newly formed Théâtre-Italien in Paris premiered the work in 1769, and it was adapted in English for...-
By Charles Downey