Name: Mignon
Start: 2015-11-11T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2015-11-24T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Town Hall

Organization

Direction d'orchestre

Nicholas Jenkins

Mise en scène

Harry Fehr

Décors

Eleanor Wdowski

Costumes

Chanteur

Mezzo-soprano

Victoria Simmonds

Mignon

Soprano

Ruth Jenkins-Róbertsson

Philine

Ténor

Ted Schmitz

Wilhelm Meister

Baryton-basse

Wyn Pencarreg

Lothario

Christopher Diffey

Laërte

Chorégraphie

Victoria Newlyn

Lumières

Claire Childs

New Sussex Opera

Londres

Royaume-Uni

Cadogan Hall

Eastbourne

Devonshire Park Theatre

Lewes

Town Hall

Mignon Thomas,A

Public

Valide

Accordionist

Instrument

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Continuo

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da Gambist

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Acteur

Autre

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choeur

Chorus Director

Coach vocal

Coiffure

Compositeur

Danse

Diffusion

Direction de choeur

Dramaturgie

En charge de la production

Extra

Illustrator

Livret

Maquillage

Orchestra Operations

Orchestre

Photographer

Poet

Prof

Répétiteur

Stage Manager

Traduction

Video

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Contralto

Baryton

Contre-ténor

Basse

Alto

Rôle muet

Rôle parlant

Voix d'enfant

Our setting for this once hugely popular Opéra Comique was in 1920s Berlin, during the Weimar Republic. Harry Fehr’s conception featured vintage suitcases of all shapes and sizes (including two massive ones that served as portals), to indicate a cast constantly on the move. The scene opened in a sleazy nightclub full of out-of-work actors and traveller musicians, all taunting the unfortunate Mignon (Victoria Simmonds) to perform the ‘egg dance’.

The most lavishly costumed production of recent years, this opera includes a scene where the entire cast from a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream come on stage (strange to see Oberon return, after the eponymous Weber opera the year before) and a brilliantly choreographed scene where Philène as Titania (Ruth Jenkins-Róbertsson) exerts her magic over the cast during her  dazzling coloratura  Polonaise – one of the most over-the-top arias in all opera (and surely a parody of the likes of Rossini and Bellini).

The original story by Goethe has a tragic ending, but we used the version preferred by French audiences in which Mignon is reunited with her long-lost father and marries Wilhelm Meister (Ted Schmitz).

English

Mignon by Thomas, dim. 22 nov. 2015, Du (2015/2015), Dirigé par Harry Fehr,, Chef d'orchestre Nicholas Jenkins, Town Hall, Lewes, Royaume-Uni

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