Background
Thomas was born on August 5, 1811 in
Metz, France.
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Charles Louis Ambroise Thomas
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Charles Louis Ambroise Thomas
Education
He studied at the Paris Conservatoire, and won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1832.
Career
Thomas attended the Paris Conservatoire, concluding his studies by winning the Prix de Rome in 1832 for his cantata Hermann et Ketty. Upon his return from Rome in 1835 he launched a career as an opera composer. He began teaching at the conservatory in 1856.
After a series of pleasantly melodious works, he produced his masterpiece and one of the most successful operas in history, Mignon (1866), which by 1894 had received more than 1, 000 performances by the Opéra-Comique alone. This and his next opera, Hamlet (1868), brought him international fame, and in 1871 he became director of the Paris Conservatoire.
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France