This week, David and his collaborator Michael Kelly will enjoy a private reading of their music-theatre piece, The Siren of the Drunken Boat. This piece tells the story of Paul Verlaine’s illicit affair with young poet Arthur Rimbaud by weaving together Gabriel Fauré’s La bonne chanson—settings of Verlaine’s poetry for his soon-to-be wife, Mathilde—with 10 original songs about his tumultuous relationship with Rimbaud. The piece will be performed by Michael, Grammy Award-winner Karim Sulayman, and pianist Laura Ward.