Mireille
“world class singing” Lewes Classical
***** “extraordinary quality one has no right to expect from a modest-sized company” Whatsonstage.com
“This was a total triumph” Robert Hugill
**** “first class singing by any standards”
Daily Telegraph
NSO’s Mireille was listed as one of the operatic “hits of the year” in The Telegraph’s review of 2011
photographs Robert Workman / Robert Knights
Charles Gounod
Opera in five acts
Orchestration by Henri Paul Busser
Libretto by Michael Carré
English translation by Hugh Macdonald
November 2011
Lewes Town Hall
Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne
Cadogan Hall, London SW1
NSO Chorus & Children’s Chorus
St Paul’s Sinfonia
conductor Nicholas Jenkins
Director / designer Tony Baker
Lighting Designer Karl Oskar Sørdal
Choreographer Caroline Pope
Mireille Sally Silver
Vincent Michael Scott/ Mark Milhofer
Ourrias Quentin Hayes
Taven Sarah Pring
Ramon Robert Presley
Ambroise Paul Waite
Vincenette Hilary Jane Andrews
Clemence Red Gray
A Shepherdess Thalie Knights
Spirit of Mireille’s mother Rachel Shouksmith
The ferryman Tim Locke
The Echo Richard Fisher
A man from Arles John Cobb
Azalais Fiona Baines
Norade Anastasia Witts
Violane Marie Goulding
