Mirette (musical)
Mirette can refer to: * ''Mirette'' (opera), a 19th-century comic opera by André Messager *Mirette, the main character in the book and animated series '' Mirette Investigates'' by Fanny Joly *''Mirette on the High Wire'', a children's book by Emily Arnold McCully ** ''Mirette'' (musical), a musical by Harvey Schmidt, based on the book *The Mirettes The Mirettes were a female vocal trio composed of former members of the Ikettes in the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. History Robbie Montgomery, Venetta Fields and Jessie Smith were the first official incarnation of the Ikettes, a backing trio for I ...

Mirette (opera)
''Mirette'' is an opéra comique in three acts composed by André Messager, first produced at the Savoy Theatre, London, on 3 July 1894. ''Mirette'' exists in two distinct versions. The first version of the libretto was written in French by Michel Carré but this was never performed. English lyrics were written by Frederic E. Weatherly, and English dialogue based on the Carré libretto was written by Harry Greenbank. This first English version of the opera ran for 41 performances, closing on 11 August 1894. This was the shortest run of any opera produced at the Savoy Theatre under the management of Richard D'Oyly Carte. The second version, advertised as a "new version with new lyrics by Adrian Ross," ran for 61 performances, from 6 October 1894 to 6 December 1894. Both versions essentially tell the same story, with the second version emphasising comedy over the romance of the first version. The music has been mostly forgotten. However, one song ("Long ago in Alcala") becam ...
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Mirette Investigates
''Mirette Investigates'' (French: ''Les enquêtes de Mirette'') (Catalan: ''Les investigacións de la Mirette'') is an animated series based on a series of picture books by the author Fanny Joly and published by Éditions Sarbacane. Laurent Audouin illustrated the books, which debuted in 2008. The show premiered on TF1's TFOU on 6 November 2016, and is billed as the "first travelling detective comedy". Premise The show revolves on the international adventures of a young French detective named Mirette and her talking feline assistant Jean-Pat as they travel with Mirette's travel-agent father and solve mysteries. Characters *Mirette: An eleven-year-old girl who wants to be the world's greatest detective under the age of twelve. She prefers using traditional technology to solve mysteries. *Jean-Pat: A tech-savvy and lazy cat who is Mirette's main partner in their adventures. *Detective Mollo: A detective who has an unreliable performance in his job. *Sophie Scoop: A thirteen-year-old ...
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Mirette On The High Wire
''Mirette on the High Wire'' is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully. Published in 1992, the book tells the story of Mirette, a French girl who learns to walk on the tightrope. McCully won the 1993 Caldecott Medal for her illustrations.American Library AssociationCaldecott Medal Winners, 1938 - Present URL accessed 27 May 2009. Plot summary Mirette lives in a boarding house in France. One day her life is changed by a man named Bellini, a famous tightrope walker, who teaches Mirette how to walk on a tightrope. Musical Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, best known for their long-running off-Broadway musical ''The Fantasticks ''The Fantasticks'' is a 1960 musical with music by Harvey Schmidt and book and lyrics by Tom Jones. It tells an allegorical story, loosely based on the 1894 play ''The Romancers'' (''Les Romanesques'') by Edmond Rostand, concerning two neigh ...'', created a musical version of the book in 1996. In film A 1993 animated c ...
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Mirette (musical)
Mirette can refer to: * ''Mirette'' (opera), a 19th-century comic opera by André Messager *Mirette, the main character in the book and animated series '' Mirette Investigates'' by Fanny Joly *''Mirette on the High Wire'', a children's book by Emily Arnold McCully ** ''Mirette'' (musical), a musical by Harvey Schmidt, based on the book *The Mirettes The Mirettes were a female vocal trio composed of former members of the Ikettes in the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. History Robbie Montgomery, Venetta Fields and Jessie Smith were the first official incarnation of the Ikettes, a backing trio for I ...

Harvey Schmidt
Harvey Lester Schmidt (September 12, 1929 – February 28, 2018) was an American composer for musical theatre and illustrator. He was best known for composing the music for the longest running musical in history, ''The Fantasticks'', which ran off-Broadway for 42 years, from 1960 to 2002. Biography Schmidt was born in Dallas, Texas. He attended the University of Texas to study art, but when he met Tom Jones at the university, he started to accompany the drama student on the piano. They soon started writing musicals together, the first being a revue. However, after serving in the Army, Schmidt moved to New York and worked as a graphic artist for NBC Television and later as an illustrator for ''Life'', ''Harper's Bazaar'', ''Sports Illustrated'', and ''Fortune''. All of Schmidt's major musicals were written with lyricist Tom Jones. The duo is best-known for the musical ''The Fantasticks'', which ran for 42 years off-Broadway, from 1960 to 2002 for a total of 17,162 performances. ...
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