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DESCRIPTION:Jul 31 - Aug 2\, 2026\nBelgian? French? André-Ernest-Modeste G
 rétry (1741–1813) was born in Liège\, then a semi-independent prince-b
 ishopric within the Holy Roman Empire\, now a cultural hub in Wallonia\, o
 ne of the Kingdom of Belgium’s three federal regions. But he made his na
 me in Paris\, where his remains are interred in the fabled cemetery of Pè
 re Lachaise (resting place also of worthies like Jim Morrison and Maria Ca
 llas\, to name just two). His remains\, that is\, except his heart\, which
  was sent home to Liège after a 15-year custody battle—an arrangement l
 ess macabre in its time than it seems in ours. (Google Chopin. Google Shel
 ley.) The operas of Grétry\, alas\, are little remembered today\, though 
 lovers of Tchaikovsky’s Pikovaya Dama know (whether they realize it or n
 ot) a ditty from Richard\, Cœur-de-Lion that haunts the fatal encounter o
 f the decrepit Venus of St. Petersburg and Gherman\, a gambler desperate t
 o learn her winning secret. An especially scintillant variation on the wel
 l-loved theme of Beauty and the Beast\, Zémire et Azor is an altogether h
 appier proposition. The swift-rising Berkshire Opera Festival transports t
 he action to “the shimmering yet morally fragile world of Gilded Age Ame
 rica\,” presenting Zémire (Ethel Trujillo) as the daughter of a nouveau
  riche father yet possessed of a heart of gold\, and Azor (Scott Rubén La
  Marca) as an Old Money recluse\, disfigured in an industrial accident. Br
 ian Garman conducts\; Mo Zhou is the director.
LOCATION:PS21\, 2980 NY-66\, Chatham\, NY 12037
SUMMARY:Zémire et Azor\, by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry
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