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
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

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