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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 .
Antigonae is in Orff's words a "musical setting" for the Greek tragedy of the same name by Sophocles. However, it functions as an opera. The opera is a line-by-line setting of the German translation of Sophocles' play by Friedrich Hölderlin. However, Orff did not treat Hölderlin's translation of the play as a traditional opera libretto, but ...
Paris Opera, Salle Le Peletier: Le guerillero: opéra: 2 acts: Théodore Anne: 22 June 1842: Paris Opera, Salle Le Peletier: Angélique et Médor: opéra comique: 1 act: Thomas-Marie-François Sauvage: 10 May 1843: Opéra-Comique, Salle Favart II Mina, ou Le ménage à trois: opéra comique: 3 acts: Eugène de Planard: 10 October 1843: Opéra ...
For a list of operas sorted by name of composer, ... Antigonae, Orff, 1949; ... Thomas Wilson, 1976 Scottish Opera; The Countess, Moniuszko, ...
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Mignon is a 194-minute studio album of Ambroise Thomas's opera, performed by André Battedou, Marilyn Horne, Paul Hudson, Claude Méloni, Frederica von Stade, Alain Vanzo, Ruth Welting and Nicola Zaccaria with the Ambrosian Opera Chorus and the Philharmonia Orchestra under the direction of Antonio de Almeida. It was released in 1978.
The list includes composers' principal operas and those of historical importance in the development of the art form. It covers the full historical period from the birth of opera in the late 16th century to the present day, and includes all forms of opera from light music to more formal styles.
Antigonae (Salzburg 1949), opera by Carl Orff (1895–1982) Antigone (1944), French adaptation of Sophocles's play by Jean Anouilh (1910–1987) performed during the Nazi occupation of Paris " Antigone-Legend ", for soprano and piano (text by Bertolt Brecht ), by Frederic Rzewski (1938–2021) and presented as a play in two slightly different ...