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Mignon
Opera by Ambroise Thomas / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Mignon (disambiguation).
Mignon is an 1866 opéra comique (or opera in its second version) in three acts by Ambroise Thomas. The original French libretto was by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on Goethe's 1795-96 novel Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre. The Italian version was translated by Giuseppe Zaffira. The opera is mentioned in James Joyce's "The Dead" (in Dubliners) and Willa Cather's The Professor's House.[1] Thomas's goddaughter Mignon Nevada was named after the main character.[2]
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Opera by Ambroise Thomas | |
![]() Poster for the premiere, by Jules Chéret | |
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Language | French |
Based on | Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre by Goethe |
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