La mère coupable

For the play on which the opera is based, see The Guilty Mother.
La mère coupable
Opera by Darius Milhaud
Milhaud in 1923
LibrettistMadeleine Milhaud
LanguageFrench
Based onThe Guilty Mother
Premiere
13 June 1966 (1966-06-13)
Grand Théâtre de Genève

La mère coupable is an opera in three acts, Op. 412, by Darius Milhaud to a libretto by Madeleine Milhaud after the 1792 play, the third in Beaumarchais’ Figaro trilogy. It premiered at the Grand Théâtre de Genève on 13 June 1966.

Roles

Disegno per copertina di libretto, drawing for La mère coupable (undated).
Role Voice type Premiere Cast, 13 June 1966
(Conductor: Serge Baudo)
Count Almaviva baritone Louis Quilico
Rosine, the Countess soprano Phyllis Curtin
Chevalier Léon, her son tenor Eric Tappy
Florestine, ward of Count Almaviva coloratura soprano Anne-Marie Sanial
Bégearss, an Irish schemer baritone Jacques Doucet
Figaro, Almaviva's valet baritone Jean-Christophe Benoît
Suzanne, his wife mezzo-soprano Cora Canne-Meyer
Master Fal bass José van Dam

References

  • Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "La mère coupable". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
  • Palmer, Christopher (1992), 'Mère coupable, La' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7


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