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FULL The Anonymous Lover (Bologne) Atlanta 2023 Maria Valdes, Frederick Ballentine, Indra Thomas
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: The Anonymous Lover (L'Amant Anonyme)
- Composer: Bologne Joseph, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
- Libretto: Madame de Genlis (Stéphanie-Félicité), based on her play of the same name, adapted by François-Georges Fouques Deshayes (known as “Desfontaines“) Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Ray Charles Performing Arts Center at Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia
- Recorded: April 1, 2023
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Maria Valdes, Frederick Ballentine, Indra Thomas, Jonathan Bryan, Cadie J. Bryan, Christian Patterson
- Conductor: Emily Senturia
- Orchestra:
- Stage Director: Maria Todaro
- Stage Designer: Stéphan Moravski
- Costume Designer: Ari Fulton
- Lighting Designer: Stevie Agnew
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Atlanta Opera
- Date Published: April 2, 2023
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
The Atlanta Opera’s acclaimed Discoveries series continues with The Anonymous Lover, an opera written in 1780 by the groundbreaking Black composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. A beautiful young widow begins receiving love letters from an anonymous source in this timeless comic love story. As she ponders the sender of these romantic overtures and wrestles with her own doubt of rediscovering love, her dear friend battles his own feelings of anxiety and yearning as the mysterious author of these notes of affection. True love is his goal, but time will tell if he finds his love requited.