Chabrier: The Star
movie
View on VideBits →L’Étoile did much to establish Chabrier as a major force on the Parisian stage and his contemporary Henri Duparc praised him specifically for creating a French comic genre, both funny and musical – described as something of a French Die Meistersinger. The fanciful story is set in an imaginary kingdom and all, naturally, ends well. However, despite the slight plot line L’Étoile is something of a pivotal work, a unique example of French 19th-century light opera, orchestrated with great sophistication and flooded with gossamer wit.
Cast & crew
Hélène Guilmette · Elliot Madore · Albert Vanloo · Julie Boulianne · Christophe Mortagne · Jérôme Varnier · Laurent Pelly · François Roussillon · François Piolino · Stéphanie d'Oustrac · Eugène Leterrier