Chabrier’s L’étoile presented by Cleveland Institute of Music

It’s King Ouf’s birthday!  But one thing is missing to make it a truly great occasion: a public execution.  Everyone in his kingdom has behaved too well this year.  The king’s spirits are lifted, however, when a young peddler arrives and insults him.  But to his disappointment and anxiety, King Ouf learns that his fate and the peddler’s are connected in “the stars.”