La jolie fille de Perth

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 1828 novel The Fair Maid of Perth by Sir Walter Scott. Many writers have reserved severe criticism for the librettists for their stock devices and improbable events, while praising Bizet's advance on his earlier operas in construction of set pieces and his striking melodic and instrumental ideas.

It was first performed at the Théâtre Lyrique (Théâtre-Lyrique Impérial du Châtelet), Paris, on 26 December 1867.

Musical numbers
Act 1


 * "Que notre enclume" - Henri Smith, chorus
 * "Enfin, me voilà seul!" - Henri Smith, Mab
 * "Catherine est coquette" - Mab
 * "Elle viendrait ce soir" - Smith, Mab, Cathérine Glover, Simon Glover, Ralph
 * "Vive l'hiver!" - Cathérine Glover, Henri Smith, Simon Glover, Ralph
 * "Ces plaisirs là ne me vont pas" - Simon Glover, Ralph, Henri Smith, Cathérine Glover
 * "Deux mots encor" - Cathérine Glover, Henri Smith
 * "Ainsi, plus de jalousie" - Cathérine Glover, Henri Smith, Le Duc de Rothsay, Mab
 * "Que fait ici cette inconnue" - Cathérine Glover, Mab, Henri Smith, Le Duc de Rothsay
 * "Vous voudrez bien je pense" - Cathérine Glover, Mab, Henri Smith, Le Duc de Rothsay, Simon Glover, Ralph



Act 2


 * "Bons citoyens" - Simon Glover, chorus
 * "Carnaval, carnaval" - Le Duc de Rothsay, chorus
 * "Tout boit, amis" - Le Duc de Rothsay, chorus
 * "Mais qui vient vers nous?" - Le Duc de Rothsay, chorus
 * "Je donne en mon palais une fête de nuit" - Le Duc de Rothsay, Mab
 * "Les seigneurs de la cour" - Mab
 * "Tu seras mon bon ange" - Le Duc de Rothsay, Mab, chorus
 * "Partout des cris de joie" - Henri Smith
 * "Qui va là?" - Henri Smith, a worker
 * "La la la la" - Ralph
 * "Eh! camarade à pareille heure" - Ralph, Henri Smith, Cathérine Glover, his major-domo



Act 3


 * "Nuit d'amour" - Le Duc de Rothsay, a lord in his service, chorus
 * "Elle sortait de sa demeure" - Le Duc de Rothsay
 * "Et tenez... écoutez..." - Le Duc de Rothsay, Mab, a lord in his service, chorus
 * "Nous voilà seuls" - Mab, Le Duc de Rothsay
 * "C'est done ici" - Henri Smith
 * "Nuit d'amour" - Le Duc de Rothsay, Henri Smith, Simon Glover, Cathérine Glover, a lord in his service, his major-domo, chorus



Act 4


 * "Smith, tu nous connais tons" - Ralph, Henri Smith, chorus
 * "Ils verront! si je meurs" - Henri Smith, Cathérine Glover
 * "Maître, là-bas on vous attend" - Cathérine Glover, Henri Smith, a worker
 * "Aux premiers rayons du matin" - chorus
 * "Cathérine Glover? il faut que je la voie" - Mab, Simon Glover, Cathérine Glover
 * "Écho, viens sur l'air embaume" - Cathérine Glover, chorus
 * "Le jour de la Saint Valentin" - Cathérine Glover, Simon Glover, Henri Smith, Mab, chorus