Mireille (opera)
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Mireille is an opera in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Michel Carré after Frédéric Mistral's poem Mireio. It premiered at the Théâtre Lyrique, Paris on March 19, 1864.
Premiere, March 19, 1864 |
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Mireille | soprano | Marie Caroline Miolan-Carvalho, wife of theatre's director |
Vincent, her lover | tenor | Michot |
Ourrias, a bull-tender | baritone | |
Maître Ramon, father of Mireille | bass | |
Taven, an old woman | mezzo-soprano | |
Vincenette, Vincent's sister | soprano | |
Andreloun, a shepherd | mezzo-soprano | |
Maître Ambroise, father of Vincent | bass | |
Clémence | soprano |