La mère coupable
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- For the play on which the opera is based, see The Guilty Mother.
La Mère coupable is an opera in three acts, op.412, by Darius Milhaud to a libretto by Madeleine Milhaud after the last play in Beaumarchais’ Figaro trilogy. It premiered at the Grand Théâtre, Geneva, on June 13, 1966.
[edit] Principal roles
- Count Almaviva, baritone
- Rosine, the Countess, soprano
- Chevalier Léon, her son, tenor
- Florestine, ward of Count Almaviva, coloratura soprano
- Begaers, an Irish schemer, baritone
- Figaro, Almavira's valet, baritone
- Suzanne, his wife mezzo-soprano
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