Music by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

Libretto by Desfontaines-Lavallée

Directed by Olivia Gacka

Music Direction by Christopher Zemliauskas

Hoerner Theatre

A charming romantic comedy by a groundbreaking composer

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.