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Mignon
Mignon
is an
opéra comique
(or
opera
in its second version) in three acts by
Ambroise Thomas
. The original French
libretto
was by
Jules Barbier
and
Michel Carré
, based on
Goethe's
novel
Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre
. The Italian version was translated by Giuseppe Zaffira. The opera is mentioned in
James Joyce
's "
The Dead
" (
Dubliners
) and
Willa Cather
's
The Professor's House
. Thomas's goddaughter
Mignon Nevada
was named after the main character.
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