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

Organization

Conductor

Nicholas Jenkins

Stage director

Harry Fehr

Set designer

Eleanor Wdowski

Costume designer

Mezzo-soprano

Victoria Simmonds

Mignon

Soprano

Ruth Jenkins-Róbertsson

Philine

Tenor

Ted Schmitz

Wilhelm Meister

Bass-baritone

Wyn Pencarreg

Lothario

Christopher Diffey

Laërte

Choreographer

Victoria Newlyn

Lighting designer

Claire Childs

New Sussex Opera

London

United Kingdom

Cadogan Hall

Eastbourne

Devonshire Park Theatre

Lewes

Town Hall

Mignon Thomas,A

Public

Approved

Bass

Instrumentalist

Pianist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

Oboist

hornist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Harper

Saxophonist

Trombonist

Harpsichordist

Accordionist

Bassist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Librettist

Dancer

Actor

Chorus master

Video designer

Dramaturge

Translator

Sound designer

Repetiteur

Makeup artist

Executive producer

Hairstylist

Other

Stage Manager

Choir

Orchestra

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Illustrator

Extra

Singer

Countertenor

Baritone

Contralto

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

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, út 24 lis 2015, Od (2015/2015), Režie Harry Fehr,, Dirigent Nicholas Jenkins, Town Hall, Lewes, United Kingdom

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