Mignon (French pronunciation: [miɲɔ̃] ) is an 1866 opéra comique (or opera in its second version) in three acts by Ambroise Thomas. The original French...
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The Opéra-Comique (French pronunciation: [ɔpeʁa kɔmik]) is a Paris opera company which was founded around 1714 by some of the popular theatres of the Parisian...
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Raymond Palmer. She was named after the title character of the 1866 opera Mignon, written by her godfather, French composer Ambroise Thomas. Her voice...
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Australian soap opera Neighbours. She has starred in numerous theatre productions. Mignon was born in Melbourne to French director Jean-Pierre Mignon, and Katharine...
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Company in Toronto and the Opéra de Montréal. In the United States Mignon Dunn made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera in 1958, as the Nurse in Boris...
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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...
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Mezzo-soprano (category Italian opera terminology)
damnation de Faust, Don Quichotte, La favorite, Dom Sébastien, Charles VI, Mignon, Samson et Dalila, Les Troyens, and Werther, as well as Carmen. Typical...
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Look up Mignon or mignon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mignon is an 1866 opera by Ambroise Thomas, based on Goethe's Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship...
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Ambroise Thomas (category French opera composers)
although in the novel Mignon dies, the happy ending works well in the opera. (A happy ending was then compulsory at the Opéra-Comique: it was another...
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This is a list of the complete operas of the French opera composer Ambroise Thomas (1811–1896). All premieres took place in Paris unless otherwise noted...
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Jodie Devos (category 21st-century Belgian women opera singers)
Based at the Opéra-Comique in Paris from 2014, she appeared internationally, with a focus on the French repertoire such as Philine in Mignon and Ophélie...
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1866 Mignon (Ambroise Thomas). A lyrical work inspired by Goethe's novel Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, this was Thomas's most successful opera along...
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Marie van Zandt (category 19th-century American women opera singers)
only 21, signed a contract with the Opéra-Comique in 1880, making her debut as Mignon. Léo Delibes composed his opera Lakmé for her, and she created the...
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Annilese Miskimmon (category British opera managers)
27 Neil Fisher (4 June 2011). Opera: Critic's choice. The Times (70277), p. 135 Andrew Clark (12 July 2011). Mignon, Buxton Festival. Financial Times...
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the number of Parisian opera houses to three. These were the Opéra (for serious operas with recitative not dialogue); the Opéra-Comique (for works with...
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Risë Stevens (category Jewish opera singers)
made her début as Mignon in Prague in 1936 and stayed there until 1938, also singing in guest appearances at the Vienna State Opera. Stevens was engaged...
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beginning of naturalism in French opera. Louise was premiered on 2 February 1900 at the Salle Favart by the Opéra-Comique conducted by André Messager...
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young woman Mignon, inspired from a character in Goethe's 1795-96 novel Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship. The 1866 Ambroise Thomas opera Mignon was based...
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French composer celebrated for high-spirited opéra comiques such as Fra Diavolo and Le domino noir. His grand opera La muette de Portici attained unexpected...
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Emma Vecla (category 19th-century French opera singers)
in Maghnia, Algeria. She made her début at the Opéra-Comique in 1898 as Filina in Ambroise Thomas' Mignon. She is remembered in particular for her operetta...
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Annick Massis (category 20th-century French women opera singers)
Philine in Mignon at the Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne. In 1994, she made her Paris Opera debut as Barbarina in The Marriage of Figaro at the Opéra Bastille...
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Barnolt (category 19th-century French male opera singers)
to sing this role at the Opéra-Comique revivals of 1883, 1891, and 1898. He was on-stage singing Fréderic in Thomas' Mignon the night of the fire at the...
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production supervised by Alexander E. Beyfuss. It is based on the 1866 opera Mignon that was from the 1795-96 novel Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre by Johann...
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Paris, Dufriche sang Lothario from Mignon at the prize concert in 1873. Dufriche made his debut at the Paris Opéra-Comique on 27 August 1874 as Loïc in...
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directed by István Szabó Opéra imaginaire, 1993 Topsy-Turvy, 1999, directed by Mike Leigh Lists of film source material Opera film Operetta film "A Time...
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that were echoed in the French Revolution. In France, opera buffa had its equivalent in the opéra-comique, a type of simple shows, with contemporary plots...
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Mario Altéry (category 20th-century French male opera singers)
March 1974) was a French operatic tenor who performed with the Opéra de Paris and Opéra-Comique as well as singing in numerous operettas. Born in Nice...
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Ruggero Leoncavallo (redirect from Mameli (opera))
own pieces for the reproducing piano Welte-Mignon. Leoncavallo wrote the libretti for most of his own operas;[better source needed] after the death in...
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Solange Michel (category 20th-century French women opera singers)
became a member of the Opéra-Comique where she debuted as Mignon. Shortly afterwards, she was invited to perform at the Paris Opera, and quickly established...
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Friedrich von Flotow 1861: Le pardon de Ploërmel by Giacomo Meyerbeer 1871: Mignon by Ambroise Thomas 1883: Le roi de Lahore by Jules Massenet 1885: Mireille...
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