THOMAS, Ambroise
b Metz, 5 August 1821
d Paris, 12 February 1896, aged eighty-four

The son of a composer, he played piano and violin at a very early age. He entered the Paris Conservatory at seventeen and won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1832. In 1868 he became director of the Conservatory.

1832 (21)

Hermann et Ketty, cantata

1837 (26)

La double échelle, opera

1838 (27)

Le Perruquier de la régence, opera

1839 (28)

Le panier fleuri, opera

La Gipsy, ballet

1840 (29)

Carlino, opera

1841 (30)

Le Comte de Carmagnola, opera

1842 (31)

Le Guerillero, opera

1843 (32)

Angélique et Médor, opera

Mina, opera

1846 (35)

Betty, ballet

1849 (38)

Le Caid, opera

1850 (39)

Le songe d'une nuit d'été, opera

1851 (40)

Raymond, opera

1853 (42)

La Tonelli, opera

1855 (44)

La cour de Célimene, opera

1857 (46)

Psyché, opera

Le carnaval de Venise, opera

Messe Solennelle

1860 (49)

Le roman d'Elvire, opera

1865 (54)

Marche religieuse, for orchestra

1866 (55)

Mignon, opera

1868 (57)

Hamlet, grand opera

1874 (63)

Gille et Cillotin, opera

1882 (71)

Francoise de Rimini, opera

1889 (78)

La tempete, ballet