One hundred fifty years ahead of its time, Pauline Viardot’s 1867 masterwork salon opera was written on a libretto by her lover, the great Russian novelist Turgenev. A feminist eco-fable in operatic form, it premiered to great acclaim with Viardot at the piano in her Baden-Baden villa with her students in the roles. New English language narrations take the place of French dialogue that would have come in between each musical number, punctuating the concert storybook-style.

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