La Mère coupable

For the play on which the opera is based, see The Guilty Mother.

La Mère coupable (The Guilty Mother) is an opera in three acts, Op. 412, by Darius Milhaud to a libretto by Madeleine Milhaud after the 1792 play, the third in Beaumarchais' Figaro trilogy. It premiered at the Grand Théâtre de Genève on 13 June 1966.

La Mère coupable
Opera by Darius Milhaud
Milhaud in 1923
Librettist	Madeleine Milhaud
Language	French
Based on	The Guilty Mother
Premiere	13 June 1966 (1966-06-13) Grand Théâtre de Genève

Roles

Drawing for La Mère coupable (undated).

Role	Voice type	Premiere Cast, 13 June 1966 (Conductor: Serge Baudo)
Count Almaviva	baritone	Louis Quilico
Rosine, the Countess	soprano	Phyllis Curtin
Chevalier Léon, her son	tenor	Eric Tappy
Florestine, ward of Count Almaviva	coloratura soprano	Anne-Marie Sanial
Bégearss, an Irish schemer	baritone	Jacques Doucet
Figaro, Almaviva's valet	baritone	Jean-Christophe Benoît
Suzanne, his wife	mezzo-soprano	Cora Canne-Meyer
Master Fal	bass	José van Dam

References

• Casaglia, Gherardo (2005)."La mère coupable". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
• Palmer, Christopher (1992), 'Mère coupable, La' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7