Overview

Charles Louis Ambroise Thomas (5 August 1811 – 12 February 1896) was a French composer, best known for his operas Mignon (1866) and Hamlet (1868, after Shakespeare) and as Director of the Conservatoire de Paris from 1871 till his death.

Biography

Charles Louis Ambroise Thomas (5 August 1811 – 12 February 1896) was a French composer, best known for his operas Mignon (1866) and Hamlet (1868, after Shakespeare) and as Director of the Conservatoire de Paris from 1871 till his death.

Works

Operas

See: wiki

Ballets

  • La gipsy, second act ballet at the Opéra de Paris, 1839
  • Betty, chor. Joseph Mazilier, Opéra de Paris, 1846
  • La tempête, chor. Joseph Hansen (The Tempest, based on Shakespeare), Opéra de Paris, 26 June 1889

Other works

  • String Quartet in E major, Op.1
  • Offertoire pour orgue (C major), in La Maîtrise, 2e année, no. 8 (15 novembre 1858), Paris.
  • Prière pour orgue (F major), in La Maîtrise, 2e année, no. 10 (15 janvier 1859), Paris.
Information
Info： French composer
Index： 7.1
Type： Person Male
Period： 1811.8.5 - 1896.2.12
Age： aged 84
Area ：France
Occupation ：Composer
Periods ：Romantic Music

Artist

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