Music by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Libretto by Desfontaines-Lavallée
Directed by Olivia Gacka
Music Direction by Christopher Zemliauskas
Hoerner Theatre
In Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges' opera The Anonymous Lover (L'Amant Anonyme), a young widow named Léontine receives anonymous declarations of love from a secret passionate admirer who reveals themself as a close friend. The Anonymous Lover is the only surviving complete opera by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, a pioneering Black composer, conductor, and violinist of 18th-century France.