Due to horrible physical deformities, he spent much of his life as a fair-ground freak. He was hounded, persecuted, and starving, until his fortune changed and he was rescued, housed, and fed by the distinguished surgeon, Frederick Treves. The...

Nathalie Stutzmann, Nicolas Rivenq, Robert Breault, Marie Devellerau, Sophie Koch, Celena Nelson-Shafer, Nicolas Courjal, and Damien Grelier star in this Laurent Petitgirard opera with Petitgirard conducting the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra...

Fond, at times, of Ravel's stirring oboe-range tones, Laurent Petitgirard is likewise fond of the dancing quality of French impressionist composition. This is not to say that Petitgirard's first opera, Joseph Merrick dit Elephant Man is at all a...

Nicolas Rivenq, baryton - Nathalie Stutzmann, contralto - Robert Breault, ténor - Marie Devellereau, soprano - Sophie Koch, mezzo-soprano... - Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo - Chœur de l'Opéra français - Laurent Petitgirard,...