Bill Barclay, writer & director
Concert Theatre Works
Featuring Brendon Elliott, violin, and the Ambrosia Quartet

This new work, premiered at Tanglewood in 2019, brings to life the music of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, a brilliant yet tragically forgotten contemporary of Mozart and Haydn. It is the story of three immigrants, the Chevalier, Mozart, and Marie Antoinette, navigating a pre-Revolutionary Paris hostile to outsiders. Featuring Newport News-native Brendon Elliott on violin and the Ambrosia Quartet, this concert layered within a play weaves together four actors and live music in a powerful resurrection of a fascinating composer’s life.

Cast
Chukwudi Iwuji as Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Merritt Janson as Marie Antoinette 
David Joseph as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Bill Barclay as Captain Chodorlos de Laclos; Writer and Director
Cast Bios

Musicians
Brendon Elliott, violin
Ambrosia Quartet
Amanda Halstead, piano
Musician Bios