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''Mireille'' is an 1864 opera in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Michel Carré after Frédéric Mistral's poem ''Mireio''. The vocal score is dedicated to George V of Hanover.〔Mireille, opéra en 5 actes et 7 tableaux. Editions Choudens, Paris, 1976.〕 ==Composition history== Mistral had become well known in Paris with the publication of the French prose translation of ''Mireio'' in 1859, and Gounod probably knew the work by 1861.〔Huebner 1992.〕 He was charmed by its originality, the story being much less contrived than many of those on the operatic stage at the time.〔Condé G. Mireille (notes for the 1979 EMI recording).〕 The action of the opera is quite faithful to Mistral, although the sequence of events of the Val d’Enfer (Act 3, Scene 1) and Mireille's avowal of her love of Vincent to her father (Act 2 finale) are reversed in the opera.〔Huebner 1990, p. 138.〕 Gounod's biographer James Harding has argued that "what matters in this extended lyric poem is not the story but the rich tapestry or Provençal traditions, beliefs and customs that Mistral unfolds."〔Harding 1973, p. 127.〕 During the course of composition Gounod spent much time in Provence (March 12 to the end of May 1863), visiting the sites of the action in the poem/opera, and met Mistral on several occasions at his home in Maillane.〔Bonnet M. ''Le Souvenir de Gounod.'' Saint-Rémy, (Exhibition Guide), 1963.〕 Gounod stayed at the Hôtel de la Ville Vert in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, and was treated to a banquet by the townspeople on May 26.〔 Presenting class differences in a rural setting was not usual at the time, and as the musicologist Steven Huebner comments "some early reviewers had difficulty accepting that a 'mere' country girl could sing an aria with heroic cut such as 'En marche'."〔Huebner 1992, p. 410.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mireille (opera)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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