After conducting a triumphal Faust at the Aalto-Theater in Essen, Sébastien Rouland takes the musical lead of a rare opera, Le médecin malgré lui, for his debut at the Grand Théâtre in Geneva (stage director: Laurent Pelly). Although there is no direct correlation between these two productions (except the conductor!), it is interesting to say that Le médecin malgré lui opened in 1858 in the same theatre, the Théâtre lyrique in Paris as Gounod’s Faust which had its world premiere there the following year.

Opening night of Le Médecin malgré lui in Geneva on April 4, 2016.

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