Mirette is an opéra comique in three acts composed by André Messager, first produced at the Savoy Theatre, London, on 3 July 1894.
André Messager, 1921
Walter Passmore as Bobinet
André Charles Prosper Messager was a French composer, organist, pianist and conductor. His compositions include eight ballets and thirty opéras comiques, opérettes and other stage works, among which his ballet Les Deux Pigeons (1886) and opéra comique Véronique (1898) have had lasting success; Les p'tites Michu (1897) and Monsieur Beaucaire (1919) were also popular internationally.
Four of Messager's musical influences: clockwise from top left, Saint-Saëns; Fauré; Gigout; Chabrier
Poster for François les bas-bleus, 1883. The names of both the composers are in small print just below the title.
Scene from La Basoche, 1890
Poster for Les P'tites Michu, 1897