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Knight Robert is imprisoned in a seventh-century French court controlled by women and must answer the question of what gives women the most pleasure. He must agree to marry an old woman, who is transformed into the beautiful Marton.
Queen Ginevra of England sends the knight Lisuart to find her missing daughter Dariolette. During his quest, Lisuart must answer the riddle: “What gives women the most pleasure?”
The Wife of Bath loves Chaucer, who loves the Prioress. The Wife wins a bet for a brooch that carries Chaucer’s promise of marriage, but King Richard II allows her to marry again only if she chooses a miller; Chaucer and the Prioress are reconciled.
Ageing Januarie marries young May despite warnings from his friend Justinus. May and Januarie’s servant Damyan become lovers; after a series of deceptions involving blindness and a pear tree, Januarie dies believing May’s child is his heir. The opera retells Chaucer’s tale in a seasonal cycle, with Pluto and Proserpina shaping the lovers’ fate.
In Troy, Cressida falls in love with Troilus, but during a prisoner exchange she is sent to the Greek camp. Her messages from Troilus are intercepted, and believing he has forgotten her, she accepts Diomede; when Troilus arrives, Calkas kills him, and Cressida dies by suicide.
Knight Robert is imprisoned in a seventh-century French court controlled by women and must answer the question of what gives women the most pleasure. He must agree to marry an old woman, who is transformed into the beautiful Marton.
Queen Ginevra of England sends the knight Lisuart to find her missing daughter Dariolette. During his quest, Lisuart must answer the riddle: “What gives women the most pleasure?”
The Wife of Bath loves Chaucer, who loves the Prioress. The Wife wins a bet for a brooch that carries Chaucer’s promise of marriage, but King Richard II allows her to marry again only if she chooses a miller; Chaucer and the Prioress are reconciled.
Ageing Januarie marries young May despite warnings from his friend Justinus. May and Januarie’s servant Damyan become lovers; after a series of deceptions involving blindness and a pear tree, Januarie dies believing May’s child is his heir. The opera retells Chaucer’s tale in a seasonal cycle, with Pluto and Proserpina shaping the lovers’ fate.
In Troy, Cressida falls in love with Troilus, but during a prisoner exchange she is sent to the Greek camp. Her messages from Troilus are intercepted, and believing he has forgotten her, she accepts Diomede; when Troilus arrives, Calkas kills him, and Cressida dies by suicide.