Ambrose Thomas by Carjat

AMBROSE THOMAS
(Charles Louis Ambroise Thomas)
(5 August 1811 – 12 February 1896) French composer,
Best known for his operas Mignon (1866) and Hamlet (1868, after Shakespeare) and as Director of the Conservatoire de Paris from 1871 till his death. His last opera, Françoise de Rimini (Paris Opéra, 1882 .Thomas composed 25 complete opera's