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...