Saturday, January 26, 2013, 8:00 p.m., Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater
Thursday, January 31, 2013, 7:30 p.m., Rose Theater, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center

Tickets: $100/$75/$60/$40; students 50% off

Opera Lafayette continues its exploration and rediscovery of the repertoire of the Paris Opéra Comique, venturing into the 19th century to present the modern premiere of Félicien David’s important musical landmark of the orientalist movement, based on the poem by the Irish poet Thomas Moore. David’s lush and inventive score, which frames a story set on the road from Delhi to Samarkand, was considered his masterpiece. It held the Paris stage for twenty years after its debut in 1862, where it shared the stage with an opera by Monsigny. Opera Lafayette’s production features a collaboration with Kalanidhi Dance, which will bring a ravishing visual element to the ballets that accompany this opera’s captivating melodies and elaborate ensembles.