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Encyclopedia > Mireille (opera)

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. The New Opera in Oslo, Norway The Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy. ... Charles Gounod. ... Michel Carré (1822-1872) was a prolific French librettist. ... Frédéric Mistral (September 8, 1830 - March 25, 1914) was a French poet who led the 19th century revival of Occitan (Provençal) language and literature. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Floating not submerging) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...

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

Look up soprano in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In music, a tenor is a male singer with a high voice. ... Baritone (French: baryton; Deutsch: Bariton; Italian: baritono) is most commonly the type of male voice that lies between bass and tenor. ... A bass (or basso in Italian) is a male singer who sings in the deepest vocal range of the human voice. ... A mezzo-soprano (meaning medium soprano in Italian) is a female singer with a range usually extending from the A below middle C to the F an eleventh above middle C. Mezzo-sopranos generally have a darker (or lower) vocal tone than sopranos, and their vocal range is between that...

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