Manuel Rosenthal was a French composer and conductor who held leading positions with musical organizations in France and the United States. He was friends with many contemporary composers, and despite
Rosenthal in 1920
Le roi malgré lui is an opéra-comique in three acts by Emmanuel Chabrier of 1887 with an original libretto by Emile de Najac and Paul Burani. The opera is revived occasionally, but has not yet found a
Poster for the premiere by Jules Chéret
The title page of the vocal score of Le roi malgré lui
Fire at the second Salle Favart on 25 May 1887 (engraving).
Henri de Valois in Polish dress