Mireille

Composer: Gounod, Charles-Francois

Librettist/Text Author: Carre, Michel

Conductor: Minkowski, Marc

Orchestra: Paris National Opera Orchestra

Chorus: Paris National Opera Chorus

Chorus Master: Aubert, Patrick Marie

Andreloun: Droy, Sebastian

Clemence: Brahim-Djelloul, Amel

L'Echo: Duhamel, Alexandre

Le Passeur: Rabec, Ugo

Maitre Ambroise: Cavallier, Nicolas

Maitre Ramon: Vernhes, Alain

Mireille: Mula, Inva

Ourrias: Ferrari, Franck

Taven: Brunet, Sylvie

Un Arlesien: Moungoungou, Christian Rodrigue

Une voix d'en-haut: Claisse, Sophie

Vincenette: Gillet, Anne-Catherine

Vincent: Castronovo, Charles

Set Designer: Frigerio, Ezio

Costume Designer: Squarciapino, Franca

Lighting Designer: Cheli, Vinicio

Choreographer: Segot, Patrick

Stage Director: Joel, Nicolas

Television Director: Roussillon, Francois

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Date of Production: 09-2009

Venue: Palais Garnier, Paris

Playing Time: 02:31:17

Catalogue Number: 2.110683-84

UPC: 747313568352

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Charles Gounod was enchanted by the young Provencal-born Frederic Mistral's epic love poem Mireio, and enlisted the distinguished Michel Carre to fashion a libretto. Against the grain of prevailing operatic practice in the 1860s, and its promotion of glamour and spectacle, Gounod relished instead the lives of modest country people and their idyllic world. He utilizes folk dances and a shepherd's lament to chart the story of his tragic heroine whose desire to marry her true love ends in her death. 'Everything feels true to the opera's pastoral spirit' wrote Gramophone about this production, which marked the opera's first appearance at the Paris Opera.