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Opera by Darius Milhaud For the play on which the opera is based, see The Guilty Mother.

La mère coupable 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.

Roles

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

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

Operas

Ballets

Symphonies

Little Symphonies	No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6

Orchestra works

Incidental and
film music

Chamber music

Piano music

Collaborations

Named for Milhaud

The Barber of Seville

Stage	Il barbiere di Siviglia (Paisiello, 1782 opera) The Barber of Seville (Rossini, 1816 opera)
Music	"Largo al factotum" The Barber of Seville discography
Film	The Barber of Seville (1904) The Barber of Seville (1938) The Barber of Seville (1947) Le Barbier de Séville (1948) Adventures of the Barber of Seville (1954)
Shorts and animation	Our Gang Follies of 1938 The Barber of Seville (Woody Woodpecker, 1944) Rabbit of Seville (Bugs Bunny, 1950) Magical Maestro (1952) The Cat Above and the Mouse Below (Tom and Jerry, 1964)
Related	"The Barber" (1993)

The Marriage of Figaro

Stage	The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart, 1786 opera) The Crazy Day or The Marriage of Figaro (2004 musical)
Music	"Se vuol ballare" "Non più andrai" "Sull'aria ... che soave zeffiretto" The Marriage of Figaro discography
Film	The Marriage of Figaro (1920) Figaro (1929) The Marriage of Figaro (1949) The Marriage of Figaro (1960)
Related	Fantasy on Themes from Mozart's Figaro and Don Giovanni (Liszt)

The Guilty Mother

Opera	La mère coupable (Milhaud, 1966) The Ghosts of Versailles (Corigliano, 1991)

Opera	I due Figaro (Carafa, 1820) I due Figaro (Mercadante, 1835) Figaro läßt sich scheiden (Klebe, 1963) The Abduction of Figaro (Schickele, 1984) Figaro Gets a Divorce (Langer, 2016)

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