Let Procreation Thrive
From Glyndebourne comes Poulenc’s first opera, a zany surrealist call for new babies
The Stepmother’s Tragedy
At the Alliance Française, Jennifer Ehle goes out on a limb as Racine’s Phèdre
Exit Laughing
At La Monnaie, a posthumous premiere for On Purge Bébé, a prolific Belgian’s off-color comedy
Heart of Gold
Richard Cœur de Lion returns to the Royal Opera House at Versailles for the first time since the French Revolution