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

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, Du (2015/2015), Dirigé par Harry Fehr,, Chef d'orchestre Nicholas Jenkins, Town Hall, Lewes, Royaume-Uni

Crédits de représentation (Distribution et équipe de production )

Distribution

Équipage

Programme, À Propos & Synopsis

Photos

Lectures complémentaires

Dates et lieux de représentation

Salles