简介：Synopsis ThesettingisParisinthe17thcentury. ActI Itbeginswiththecrowdagitatedaboutaseriesofrecentmysteriousmurders.Thepolicecalmthecrowd.ThegoldsmithCardillacthenwalkson,andtheatmospherebecomeshushed.TheLadyaskstheCavalieraboutCardillac,andtheCavaliertellsofthegoldsmithandhispricelessjewelry.TheLadypromisestheCavalieratrystthateveningifhecanbringherCardillac'smostbeautifulcraftwork.ThesecondsceneofActIfeaturesthetrystscenebetweentheLadyandtheCavalier,withtheCavalierdeliveringoneofCardillac'sbelts.Attheendoftheact,amaskedfigurestealsintothebedroomandfatallystabstheCavalier.TheLadyfaintsandthemysteriousfigureleaveswiththebelt. ActII ItopensastheGoldMerchantmentionstoCardillacthelatestmurderofsomeonewitharecentworkofCardillac.TheGoldMerchanthashissuspicionsaboutthemurderer.Cardillacordershisdaughtertowatchoverhiswork.Shedoessoandawaitsherlover,theOfficer.Cardillacreturns,anditisevidentthatthegoldsmithvaluesgoldmorethanhisdaughter.CardillacthenmeetstheKingandofferstomakehisgreatestcreationforhim.TheOfficerthenenterstoaskCardillacforhisdaughter'shandinmarriage,andCardillacconsents.However,theOfficerrealizeshowmuchCardillacvalueshiscreationsoverhisowndaughter,andthenoffersmoneyforoneofthegoldsmith'schains.Afterhehasleft,Cardillacindicatesthathehimselfisthemurderer. ActIII ItbeginsinatavernwheretheOfficerwearsthechain,settinghimselfupasatargetforthemurderer.CardillacthenentersandwoundstheOfficer,buttheOfficerbeatsbacktheattackandholdsontothechain.HeadvisesCardillactoflee.TheGoldMerchantthenbringsonacrowdandaccusesCardillacofbeingthemurderer.Cardillacisbroughtin,followedbyhisdaughter.TheOfficerrebutsthechargeandaccusestheGoldMerchantofbeinganaccomplicetothemurderer.Intheensuingensemble,Cardillac'sdaughterrealizesthatherfatheristhemurderer.ThecrowdsingsCardillac'spraises,butastheycontinue,hiswordsmakethecrowdwonderabouttheidentityofthemurderer.Finally,Cardillacrevealstothecrowdthatheisthemurderer.Theydemandofhimrepentance,buthemakesnosuchgesture.ThecrowdthenlynchesCardillac,butbeforehedies,inhislastmoment,hereachesoutforthechainaroundtheOfficer'sneck,nothisdaughter.TheOfficerandCardillac'sdaughterswearmutualdevotion. . Musicby PaulHindemith(fromopera"Cardillac") ProductionDesignby Jean-PierrePonnelle CostumeDesignby PetHalmen MusicDepartment WolfgangSawallisch....conductor Othercrew Jean-PierrePonnelle....operadirector…