Mignon

Mignon is an opera in three acts by Ambroise Thomas to a

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French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carr?, based on Goethe's story Wilhelm Meister's Lehrjahre. First performance: Op?ra Comique, Paris, 1866.

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• Principal roles
• Mignon - Mezzo-soprano
• Philine, an actress - Soprano
• Wilhelm Meister, a student - Tenor
• Minor roles
• Fr?d?ric, Philine's admirer - Contralto or Tenor
• Laerte, an actor - Tenor
• Lothario, a wandering minstrel - Bass
• Jarno, a gypsy - Bass
• Antonio, a castle servant - Bass
• Other
• Townspeople, peasants, gypsies, guests, actors - Chorus

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Ambroise Thomas: Charles Louis Ambroise Thomas (August 5, 1811 - February 12, 1896) was a French opera composer. He is best-known for his operas Mignon (1866) and his Shakespearean Hamlet (1868)....

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