Sean Raffery introduces Wexford Festival Opera's new production of Adolphe Adam's opera comique. Set in Goa, this is the tale of Zephoris, a young fisherman, who is granted his wish to be king for a day after he rescues a beautiful girl from drowning. Amid magic potions and raging battles he triumphs against the evil Prince Kadoor to win the hand of the girl he has rescued, Princess Nemea.
Wexford Festival Opera Chorus, National Symphony of Ireland, conductor David Agler Adoiphe Adam

Si J 'Etais Roi Act 1

8.55 Twenty Minutes: Adolphe Adam
Elaine Padmore looks at the life of the composer of Giselle and countless operas.

9.15 Act 2

10.00 Twenty Minutes: a Forgotten Diary
Declan Kiberd unearths neglected writings of the politician Wolfe Tone, who led a failed uprising against the English in 1798, and argues that he should be celebrated not as a po-faced nationalist icon but as a witty, observant writer.

10.20 Act 3