Last Thursday, Minnesota Opera presented 

 for the first time, an opera written in 1780 by the groundbreaking Black composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. The comic romance about earnest vulnerability and steadfast devotion tells the story of a beautiful young widow who is doubtful about ever finding love again. When she begins receiving anonymous love letters, her close friend, and secret admirer, feigns amusement while anxiously working up the courage to confess to his role as the sender. Will their journey result in a woeful case of unrequited love? Or will true love prevail? 

Music by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges.

Libretto by François-Georges Foques Deshayes, Desfontaines, based on the play 

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Last week Thursday, Minnesota Opera presented ‘The Anonymous Lover,’ an opera written in 1780 by the groundbreaking Black composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. Listen to the concert now.


Listen: Minnesota Opera performs Bologne's 'The Anonymous Lover'

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