Mignon at Opéra Comique

Opéra Comique, April 10, 2010: Mignon (an opera by Ambroise Thomas)

Opéra Comique - the night of the premiere of Mignon

Conductor François-Xavier Roth
Director, Jean-Louis Benoit

Mignon, Marie Lenormand
Wilhelm Meister, Ismael Jordi
Philine, Malia Bendi-Merad
Lothario, Nicolas Cavallier
Frédéric, Blandine Staskiewicz
Laërte, Christophe Mortagne
Jarno, Frédéric Goncalves
Un serveur, Laurent Delvert

Accentus
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

Mignon par Ambroise Thomas revient à l'Opéra Comique

I know next-to-nothing about Mignon, an opera by Ambroise Thomas that used to be a huge success at Opéra Comique around 1870, where it was performed more than 1000 times including that infamous night of May 25 1887, when a fire destroyed the theater and 84 people died by asphyxiation.

Even though Mignon sounds ominously sweet, I'll of course go and see the premiere next Saturday at Opéra Comique.

Marie Lenormand, Ismael Jordi,  Nicolas Cavallier will hopefully be good, and after having heard so many good things about Malia Bendi-Merad, I hope I too will be convinced in a live performance.

There are many (relatively) famous 'doux' arias from this opera, such as: