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	\|Henri (Henry) Smith, ''a blacksmith''		\|Henri (Henry) Smith, ''a blacksmith''
	\|]		\|]
			\|M Massy
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	\|-		\|-
	\|Cathérine Glover		\|Cathérine Glover
	\|]		\|]
			\|Jeanne Devriès
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|Simon Glover, ''her father, a glover''		\|Simon Glover, ''her father, a glover''
	\|]		\|]
			\|Louis Emile Wartel
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|Mab, ''Queen of the Gypsies''		\|Mab, ''Queen of the Gypsies''
	\|soprano		\|soprano
			\|Alice Ducasse
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|Ralph, ''Glover's apprentice''		\|Ralph, ''Glover's apprentice''
	\|]		\|]
			\|F Lutz
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|Le Duc de Rothsay, ''Duke of Rothsay''		\|Le Duc de Rothsay, ''Duke of Rothsay''
	\|] or tenor		\|] or tenor
			\|Auguste Armand Barré
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|A Lord in his service		\|A Lord in his service
	\|tenor		\|tenor
			\|M Boudias
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|His Major-Domo		\|His Major-Domo
	\|bass		\|bass
			\|M Guyot
	\|
		⚫	\|-
			\|A worker
			\|bass
			\|M Neveu
	\|-		\|-
	\|}		\|}

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Template:Bizet operas La jolie fille de Perth (The Fair Maid of Perth) is an opera in four acts by Georges Bizet (1838–1875), from a libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jules Adenis, after the novel by Sir Walter Scott.

It was completed before the end of 1866, and was first performed at the Théâtre Lyrique (Théâtre-Lyrique Impérial du Châtelet), Paris, on 26th December 1867.

Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere Cast, 26 December 1867 (Conductor: Adolphe Deloffre)
Henri (Henry) Smith, a blacksmith	tenor	M Massy
Cathérine Glover	soprano	Jeanne Devriès
Simon Glover, her father, a glover	bass	Louis Emile Wartel
Mab, Queen of the Gypsies	soprano	Alice Ducasse
Ralph, Glover's apprentice	bass-baritone	F Lutz
Le Duc de Rothsay, Duke of Rothsay	baritone or tenor	Auguste Armand Barré
A Lord in his service	tenor	M Boudias
His Major-Domo	bass	M Guyot
A worker	bass	M Neveu

Selected recordings

1985 June Anderson - Cathérine Glover; Alfredo Kraus - Henri Smith; Gino Quilico - Le Duc de Rothsay; José van Dam - Ralph; Chœurs de Radio-France, Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique, cond. Georges Prêtre. EMI 747 559-8

1989 Barbara Hendricks - Cathérine Glover; John Aler - Henri Smith; Gino Quilico - Le Duc de Rothsay; Jean-Philippe Courtis - Ralph; Chœurs et Orchestre de Toulouse, cond. Michel Plasson. EMI 749 837-2

2000 Gwen Catley - Catherine Glover; Richard Lewis - Harry Smith; Trefor Jones - Duke of Rothsay; Norman Walker - Ralph; Lorely Dyer - Mab, Queen of the Gypsies; Owen Brannigan - Simon Glover; David Holman - A Nobleman; George Stern Scott - Major-Domo; BBC Theatre Chorus, Chorus Master John Clements; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham.

(An English version, The Fair Maid of Perth (trans. by Paul England, originally broadcast live on 5-6 June 1949 by the BBC.) Beulah 1-2PD23

References

Hugh MacDonald: La Jolie fille de Perth Grove Music Online, accessed April 10, 2007.
"The Fair Maid of Perth". 2008. Retrieved 2008-4-7. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

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