Biography
Guest of the National Theatre Opera. The theatre, opera, film, television and radio actress Mireille MossΓ© hails from Toulon, France. In addition to studying English and Spanish, she also attended several drama courses. She acts in German and English, as well as French. The most noteworthy roles she has created in theatre productions over the past decade are Nell in Beckettβs Endgame (ThéÒtre Vidy-Lausanne, 1995), Ariel in Shakespeareβs The Tempest (M. C. L. A. Nantes, 2003), the Guard and the prophet Teiresias in Sophoclesβs Antigone (ThéÒtre National de Toulouse, 2004), Winnie in Beckettβs Happy Days (ThéÒtre Vidy-Lausanne, 2006), etc. When it comes to opera, she has primarily appeared in productions by the stage directors Ursel and Karl-Ernst Herrmann. In Mozartβs opera La finta giardiniera she rendered the silent role of Amor. The production was premiered at ThéÒtre Royal du Parc in Brussels (1986) and was subsequently presented at ThéÒtre de la Monnaie, where it was recorded on video (1989). It was also staged at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York (1990) and at Salzburger Festspiele (1992). In the scenic spectacle Ombra felice, set to Mozartβs music, she portrayed the role of the Actress. It was premiered at Salzburger Festspiele (1994) and subsequently presented at ComΓ©die de Montpellier, ThéÒtre des Champs-ΓlysΓ©es in Paris and at OpΓ©ra de Lille (1997). Mireille MossΓ© has also appeared in several films; for example, The Swimming Pool (2002), directed by F. Ozon; La fille sur le pont (The Girl on the Bridge, 1999), directed by P. Leconte; La citΓ© des enfants perdus (The City of Lost Children, 1995), directed by J.-P. Jeunet and M. Caro. She has regularly collaborated with the France Culture station within Radio France. Update: September 2008