mamelles de Tirésias, Les
Classification added March 31, 2016Premiered June 3, 1947
Paris. Opéra-Comique
Composer:
Francis Poulenc
Original Language:
French
Librettist:
Guillaume Apollinaire
Description:
Opéra-bouffee in II Acts and prologue
Time Period:
The period of 1910
Place:
An imaginary town on the French Riviera, somewhere between Monte-Carlo and Nice
Classification key
- L – Leading
- F – Featured
- S – Supporting
- B – Solo Bit
- CB – Chorus Bit
- MB – Mute Bit
| Role | Voice Part | Classification |
|---|---|---|
| Thérèse / Fortune Teller | Soprano | L |
| Her Husband | Baritone | L |
| Le Gendarme | Baritone | L |
| Director | Baritone | F |
| Presto | Tenor | S |
| Lacouf | Baritone | S |
| The Parisian Journalist | Baritone | S |
| The Son | Tenor | S |
| Newspaper Woman | Mezzo-Soprano | B |
| An Elegant Woman | Mezzo-Soprano | CB |
| A Large Woman | Mezzo-Soprano | CB |
| A Bearded Man | Bass | CB |
| Baritone Solo | Baritone | CB |
Minimum Chorus: 24
Divisi: SATB