Musical Playwrights With Peggy Reynolds.
1: Moliere. At the court of Louis XIV, the exquisites ruled: heels were high and manners were elaborate. But when a group of travelling actors performed a slapstick farce ridiculing such behaviour, the 20-year-old king laughed. Moliere and his troupe were established in the Royal theatre and, though his satire could be biting,
Moliere never lost the king's favour. Strauss Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (excerpt) Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Neville Marriner
Wolf-Ferrari L'Amore Medico (excerpt) RPO, conductor Jose Serebrier
Lully Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Arcadia Baroque Ensemble, conductor Kevin Mallon
Charpentier Le Malade Imaginaire
(excerpts) Les Musiciens du Louvre, conductor Marc Minkowski
Producer Tony Sellors
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