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Ambroise Thomas. Charles Louis Ambroise Thomas ( French: [ɑ̃bʁwaz tɔmɑ]; 5 August 1811 – 12 February 1896) was a French composer and teacher, best known for his operas Mignon (1866) and Hamlet (1868). Born into a musical family, Thomas was a student at the Conservatoire de Paris, winning France's top music prize, the Prix de Rome.
Apr 11, 2024 · Ambroise Thomas was a French composer best known for his operas, particularly Mignon, written in a light, melodious style. Thomas attended the Paris Conservatoire, concluding his studies by winning the Prix de Rome in 1832 for his cantata Hermann et Ketty.
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Biography. Born in Metz, France, into a family of musicians, Ambroise Thomas started music with his parents. His promising beginnings were however overshadowed by the sudden death of his father in 1823. In 1828, he entered the Paris Conservatoire and studied with Zimmerman (piano), Dourlen (harmony) and Le Sueur (composition). In 1832, he won ...
Jan 24, 2023 · Ambroise Thomas’s “Hamlet” had all the elements to become a blockbuster at the Paris Opera in the 19th century. With a gripping plot that unfolds over five acts, a leading baritone in the ...
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Hamlet. After over a century out of the Met’s repertoire, audiences were thrilled to discover just what a sensational evening in the theater Thomas’s Hamlet can be. Simon Keenlyside’s riveting performance as the tortured Prince of Denmark in Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser’s starkly brooding production had critics raving that ...
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Hamlet is an opéra in five acts by the French composer Ambroise Thomas, with a libretto by Michel Carré and Jules Barbier based on a French adaptation by Alexandre Dumas, père and Paul Meurice of Shakespeare's play Hamlet. The Parisian public's fascination with Ophelia, prototype of the femme fragile, began in the fall of 1827, when an ...
