Ambroise Thomas
Charles Louis Ambroise Thomas (born August 5, 1811 in Metz , † February 12, 1896 in Paris ) was a French composer .
Life
In 1828 Thomas became a student at the Paris Conservatory , where he was a student of Friedrich Kalkbrenner , Victor Dourlen , Pierre Zimmermann and Jean-François Lesueur . In 1832 he won the Prix de Rome with the cantata Hermann and Ketty and spent three years in Italy. He then lived as an opera composer in Paris. From 1871 he was director of the conservatory. In 1868 he was appointed commander of the Legion of Honor ; Falguière erected a statue for him in Paris in 1890.
In addition to nineteen operas, the most successful of which were Hamlet and Mignon , Thomas composed a ballet , two cantatas, a requiem , chamber music works, motets , kanzonen and male quartets.
Operas
- La double Échelle , 1837; Libretto by Eugène de Planard
- Le Perruquier de la Régence , 1838; Libretto by Eugène de Planard and Paul Dupont
- Le panier fleuri , 1839; Libretto by Adolphe de Leuven and Léon-Lévy Brunswick
- Carline , 1840
- Le compte de Carmagnola , 1841; Libretto by Eugène Scribe
- Le guerillero , 1842
- Angélique et Médor , 1843
- Minna ou Le ménage à trois , 1843
- Le Caïd , 1849 ("The Kadi"); Libretto by Thomas Sauvage
- Le songe d'une nuit d'été , 1850 ("The Midsummer Night's Dream")
- Raymond ou Le secret de la Reine , 1851 ("Raymond")
- La Tonelli , 1853
- La Cour de Célimène , 1855; Opera comique ; Libretto by Rosier
- Psyché , 1857 ("Psyche")
- Le Carnaval de Venise , 1857
- Le roman d'Elvire , 1860
- Mignon , 1866; after Goethe's Wilhelm Meister's apprenticeship ; Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré
- Hamlet , 1868; after Shakespeare's Hamlet ; Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré
- Gille et Gillotin , 1874
- Françoise de Rimini , 1882
literature
- Georges Masson: Ambroise Thomas: un compositeur lyrique au XIXe siècle . Édition Serpenoise, Metz 1996, ISBN 2-87692-288-6 .
- Elisabeth Rogeboz-Malfroy: Ambroise Thomas: témoin du siècle. 1811-1896 . Cêtre, Besançon 1999, ISBN 2-87823-098-1 .
Web links
- Catalog of works on Klassika
- Works by and about Ambroise Thomas in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Ambroise Thomas in the German Digital Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Ambroise Thomas in the International Music Score Library Project
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thomas, Ambroise |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thomas, Charles Louis Ambroise (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 5, 1811 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Metz |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 12, 1896 |
| Place of death | Paris |