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On her wedding night at her uncle’s château, idealistic Carine encounters a decadent household where her mother tries to trade her innocence for her lover’s favor. A masked party and revelations about Frédéric’s past undermine her faith in their absolute love, and Carine dies after fleeing in despair.
An opera by Berthold Goldschmidt based on Fernand Crommelynck’s play Le Cocu Magnifique.
Bruno, a village scribe whose eloquence fuels his paranoia, fears his devoted wife Stella is unfaithful. To settle the question, he offers her first to his best friend and then to the village’s young men, provoking violent hostility toward him and threats against Stella.
On her wedding night at her uncle’s château, idealistic Carine encounters a decadent household where her mother tries to trade her innocence for her lover’s favor. A masked party and revelations about Frédéric’s past undermine her faith in their absolute love, and Carine dies after fleeing in despair.
An opera by Berthold Goldschmidt based on Fernand Crommelynck’s play Le Cocu Magnifique.
Bruno, a village scribe whose eloquence fuels his paranoia, fears his devoted wife Stella is unfaithful. To settle the question, he offers her first to his best friend and then to the village’s young men, provoking violent hostility toward him and threats against Stella.