Fact file
| Year of birth | 1811 |
| Year of death | 1896 |
| Nationality | Unknown |
| Period | Romantic |
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BerlinHamlet (konzertant)
Thomas: Hamlet
Yves Abel; Deutsche Oper Berlin; Florian Sempey; Diana Damrau; Ève-Maud Hubeaux; Philippe Talbot
MunichMignonNew production
Thomas: Mignon
Pierre Dumoussaud; Christiane Lutz; Operastudio of Bayerische Staatsoper; Christian Andre Tabakoff; Natascha Maraval; Sarah Gilford; Mirjam Mesak
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Thomas’ Hamlet in concert at the Liceu
Ambroise Thomas’ Hamlet in concert in the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona is enthusiastically conducted by Daniel Oren.
Degout and Devieilhe star in Hamlet revival
Hamlet lives! Ambroise Thomas' operatic take on The Bard has a particularly French ending but that doesn't spoil this terrific revival in Paris.
Brownlee and Spyres: so much more than vocal jousting
Top tenors Lawrence Brownlee and Michael Spyres dared to duel at the Concertgebouw. Both emerged victorious, and not just because of the volley of sensational top notes.
Sickly sweet: Ambroise Thomas' Mignon
Fine soprano performances from Ruth Jenkins-Róbertsson and Victoria Simmonds can't save Ambroise Thomas's inanimate object of a plot. Thank goodness Wagner saved us from more of the same.
Nathan Gunn rules the stage in Washington
When I heard that Nathan Gunn was opening Washington National Opera’s 2012-13 season Celebrity Series, I could not be more excited. Indeed, this American baritone, known in the musical world as “the opera divo”, represents everything that today’s opera fans look for in a singer: a beautiful voice, first-class acting, an appealing physique and of course, a great sense of humor.
