Opera in five acts
Music by Henri Rabaud
Libretto by LUCIEN NÉPOTY (sung in French: records) A poor cobbler, Marouf, living in Cairo, deserts his nagging wife. Good fortune favours him and Jtarouf arrives at the distant court of Khaitan. Presented to the people as a rich merchant with a wonderful caravan at that moment on its way to the city, Marouf is offered the Sultan's daughter for a bride. But problems begin when the imaginary caravan fails to appear ...
NANTES OPERA CHORUS LOIRE PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA, conducted by jtSUS ETCHEVERRY Acts 1-3