After its blockbuster success on Broadway, the musical comedy adapted from Anna and the King is finally playing Paris from 13 to 29 June at the Théâtre du Châtelet.
A grandiose show as Americans know how to stage them with Lambert Wilson as guest-star in the role of the King. As for the feminine lead, singer Susan Graham lends her mezzo-soprano voice to the character of Anna Leonowens.
As s short reminder, the story takes place in 1860 at the court of the King of Siam, a real harem, where Anna is hired as a preceptor. A real clash of cultures for the young ultra puritan British widow, whose task is to teach English to the brood of children of this womanizer...
