Ambroise Thomas
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Charles Louis Ambroise Thomas (August 5, 1811 - February 12, 1896) was a French opera composer. He is best-known for his 1868 opera, Mignon.
Thomas was born in Metz. His father was a musician and young Ambroise learned to play the piano and violin as a child. He entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1828. In 1832, he won the Prix de Rome for his cantata, Hermann et Ketty.
His chief successes were at the Op�ra Comique.
From 1856 on, Thomas was a professor at the Conservatoire where he taught, among others, Massenet.
Ambroise Thomas died in 1896 and was interred in the [[Cimeti�re de Montmartre]] in Paris, France.
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