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<p><i>Mignon</i> is an 1866 <i><a href="/facts/Op%C3%A9ra_comique/mKGey8of">opéra comique</a></i> (or <a href="/facts/Opera/eLeXDdsP">opera</a> in its second version) in three acts by <a href="/facts/Ambroise_Thomas/zCWWHSsm">Ambroise Thomas</a>. The original French <a href="/facts/Libretto/Nt8PWhWk">libretto</a> was by <a href="/facts/Jules_Barbier/2rXH04vd">Jules Barbier</a> and <a href="/facts/Michel_Carr%C3%A9/AKQ7waej">Michel Carré</a>, based on <a href="/facts/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe/k5hW4Tw5">Goethe's</a> 1795-96 novel <i><a href="/facts/Wilhelm_Meister%27s_Apprenticeship/1txN8NBv">Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre</a></i>. The Italian version was translated by Giuseppe Zaffira. The opera is mentioned in <a href="/facts/James_Joyce/Ty6qh67s">James Joyce</a>'s "<a href="/facts/The_Dead_(Joyce_short_story)/B4rma8VY">The Dead</a>" (in <i><a href="/facts/Dubliners/2418Gf63">Dubliners</a></i>) and <a href="/facts/Willa_Cather/EURrS6Hw">Willa Cather</a>'s <i><a href="/facts/The_Professor%27s_House/wtq1pTTk">The Professor's House</a></i>. Thomas's goddaughter <a href="/facts/Mignon_Nevada/NVpkr4TV">Mignon Nevada</a> was named after the main character. </p>