La mère coupable

For the play on which the opera is based, see The Guilty Mother.

Darius Milhaud

Operas Le pauvre matelot (1927) L'abandon d'Ariane (1928) Christophe Colomb (1930) La mère coupable (1966)

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 de Genève on June 13, 1966.

Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere Cast, June 13, 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
Begaers, 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).[http://www.amadeusonline.net/almanacco?r=&alm_testo=La_m%E8re_coupable "La mère coupable"]. Almanacco Amadeus (Italian).
Palmer, Christopher (1992), 'Mère coupable, La' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7

Darius Milhaud

Operas	Christophe Colomb L'abandon d'Ariane La mère coupable Le pauvre matelot

Ballets	La création du monde Le bœuf sur le toit Les mariés de la tour Eiffel L'éventail de Jeanne L'Homme et son désir Le Train bleu

Symphonies	Symphony No. 1 Symphony No. 2 Symphony No. 3 ("Te Deum") Symphony No. 4 Symphony No. 5 Symphony No. 6 Symphony No. 7 Symphony No. 8 ("Rhôdanienne") Symphony No. 9 Symphony No. 10 Symphony No. 11 ("Romantique") Symphony No. 12 ("La Rurale")

Orchestra works	Saudades do Brasil Suite provençale

Incidental and film music	Days of Hope Dreams That Money Can Buy Judith Land Without Bread La Tragédie impériale Le jeu de Robin et Marion Le voyageur sans bagage Love Cavalcade Madame Bovary Mollenard The Beloved Vagabond The Citadel of Silence The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

Vocal music	Pacem in terris Symphony No. 3 ("Te Deum")

Chamber music	La cheminée du roi René Sonata for flute, oboe, clarinet and piano

Piano music	Le bœuf sur le toit

Collaborations	Genesis Suite Homage to Paderewski L'Album des Six

Named for Milhaud	Lycée intercommunal Darius-Milhaud

Related articles	List of compositions by Darius Milhaud Les Six Neoclassicism

Portal:Classical music

Pierre Beaumarchais's Figaro Trilogy

The Barber of Seville

Stage	Il barbiere di Siviglia (Paisiello, 1782 opera) The Barber of Seville (Rossini, 1816 opera)

Music	"Largo al factotum" The Barber of Seville discography

Film	The Barber of Seville (1904) The Barber of Seville (1947) Le Barbier de Séville (1948) Adventures of the Barber of Seville (1954)

Animation	Our Gang Follies of 1938 The Barber of Seville (Woody Woodpecker, 1944) Rabbit of Seville (Bugs Bunny, 1950) Magical Maestro (1952) The Cat Above and the Mouse Below (Tom and Jerry, 1964)

The Marriage of Figaro

Stage	The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart, 1786 opera) The Crazy Day or The Marriage of Figaro (2004 musical)

Music	"Se vuol ballare" "Non più andrai" "Sull'aria...che soave zeffiretto" The Marriage of Figaro discography

Film	The Marriage of Figaro (1920) The Marriage of Figaro (1949)

Related	Fantasy on Themes from Mozart's Figaro and Don Giovanni (Liszt) Il Muto

The Guilty Mother

Opera	La mère coupable (Milhaud, 1966) The Ghosts of Versailles (Corigliano, 1991)

Opera	Figaro lässt sich scheiden (Klebe, 1963) The Abduction of Figaro (Schickele, 1984) Figaro Gets a Divorce (Langer, 2016)

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, April 02, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.