Which opera has more acts, Faust or Mignon?
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.
Antigone (Honegger) Antigone is an opera ("tragédie musicale") in three acts by Arthur Honegger to a French libretto by Jean Cocteau based on the tragedy "Antigone" by Sophocles. Honegger composed the opera between 1924 and 1927. It premiered on 28 December 1927 at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie with sets designed by Pablo Picasso and costumes by Coco Chanel.