question: Are the operas "La Périchole" and "Mignon" by the same person?
answer: no
context: Title: List of Argentine operas
  Passage: This is a list of operas by Argentine composers.  Argentina's first native born opera composer was Francisco Hargreaves (1849-1900) who composed "La gatta bianca" (1875) and "Los estudiantes de Bologna" (1897), followed by Zenón Rolón (1856-1902) who composed several operas as well as operettas and zarzuelas.  The works of many of the composers from this generation were first performed outside Argentina.  Native Argentine opera was to develop much more with the massive European (mainly Italian) immigration in the late 19th century and even more with the opening of the Teatro Colón in 1908 where most of the 20th century operas listed here had their world premieres.  Some of the first operas to treat Argentine subjects or national themes were Arturo Berutti's "Pampa" (1897) based on the life of Juan Moreira and "Yupanki" (1899) based on the life of Inca warrior Manqu Inka Yupanki.  Also notable in this genre were Felipe Boero's "Tucumán" (1918) set during the Battle of Tucumán and "El matrero" (1929).  Considered by many to be the quintessential Argentine opera, "El matrero" had a libretto based on gaucho folk tradition and incorporated Argentine folk melodies and a traditional gaucho dance.  The Spanish playwright Federico García Lorca was also the inspiration for several Argentine operas.  His plays, "La zapatera prodigiosa" and "Bodas de sangre", were the basis of operas by Juan José Castro, while Osvaldo Golijov's 2003 opera "Ainadamar" is based on events in the playwright's life.
  Title: Mignon Mignon
  Passage: "Mignon Mignon" is a 2010 song recorded by virtual singing groundhog René la Taupe.  It was the second single from the album "Les Aventures de René la Taupe" and was released in July 2010.  It became a number-one hit in France.
  Title: Vera Zorina (singer)
  Passage: Vera Vasilyevna Zorina (Russian: Вера Васильевна Зорина ; real surname - Popova; 1853 - 1903) was a Russian operetta singer (mezzo-soprano), best known as a Russian romances (or 'Gypsy art-songs') performer.  She became famous after playing the part of Stesha in the popular musical "Gypsy Songs in Characters" by Nikolai Kulikov.  Another highly popular part of hers was La Périchole in the Jacques Offenbach's operetta.  Vera Zorina (an ethnic Russian) is regarded as a founder of the "Gypsyan line" in Russian operetta.
  Title: Emma Nevada
  Passage: Emma Nevada (née Wixom) (7 February 1859 – 20 June 1940) was an American operatic soprano particularly known for her performances in operas by Bellini and Donizetti and the French composers Ambroise Thomas, Charles Gounod, and Léo Delibes.  Considered one of the finest coloratura sopranos of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, her most famous roles were Amina in "La sonnambula", and the title roles in "Lakmé", "Mignon", "Mireille", and "Lucia di Lammermoor.
  Title: Bernhard Bötel
  Passage: Bernhard Bötel (1883–1953) was a German operatic tenor and actor who had an active career in Germany and Austria during the first half of the 20th century.  He made recordings for several record labels during the early years of the recording industry, including His Master's Voice, Odeon Records, Polydor Records, Tri-Ergon, and Vox Records.  On the stage he sang a variety of roles in operas and operettas from leading parts to comprimario roles.  His stage repertoire included Belmonte in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Die Entführung aus dem Serail", Chapelou in Adolphe Adam's "Le postillon de Lonjumeau", Count Almaviva in Gioachino Rossini's "The Barber of Seville", Daniel in Franz Lehár's "The Merry Widow", the Duke of Mantua in Giuseppe Verdi's "Rigoletto", Gabriel von Eisenstein in Johann Strauss II's "Die Fledermaus", Indigo in Strauss' "Indigo und die vierzig Räuber", Jeník in Bedřich Smetana's "The Bartered Bride", Paolino in Domenico Cimarosa's "Il matrimonio segreto", Pâris in Jacques Offenbach's "La belle Hélène", Pietro in Franz von Suppé's "Boccaccio", and Wilhelm Meister in Ambroise Thomas' "Mignon".
  Title: Ambroise Thomas
  Passage: Charles Louis Ambroise Thomas (5 August 1811 – 12 February 1896) was a 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.
  Title: Mignon
  Passage: 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.
  Title: La Périchole
  Passage: La Périchole (] ) is an opéra bouffe in three acts by Jacques Offenbach.  Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy wrote the French-language libretto based on the 1829 one act play "Le carrosse du Saint-Sacrement" by Prosper Mérimée, which was revived on 13 March 1850 at the Théâtre-Français.  Offenbach was probably aware of this production, as he conducted the orchestra of the Comédie-Française from around this time.  Another theatrical creation that pre-dates Offenbach's opéra bouffe and may have influenced the piece is a farce by Desforges and Théaulon given on 21 October 1835 at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal.
  Title: Opéra-Comique
  Passage: The Opéra-Comique is a Parisian opera company, which was founded around 1714 by some of the popular theatres of the Parisian fairs.  In 1762 the company was merged with, and for a time took the name of its chief rival the Comédie-Italienne at the Hôtel de Bourgogne, and was also called the Théâtre-Italien up to about 1793, when it again became most commonly known as the Opéra-Comique.  Today the company's official name is Théâtre national de l'Opéra-Comique, and its theatre, with a capacity of around 1,248 seats, sometimes referred to as the Salle Favart (the third on this site), is located in Place Boïeldieu, in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, not far from the Palais Garnier, one of the theatres of the Paris Opéra.  The musicians and others associated with the Opéra-Comique have made important contributions to operatic history and tradition in France, and to French opera.  Its current mission is to reconnect with its history, and discover its unique repertoire, to ensure production and dissemination of operas for the wider public.  Mainstays of the repertory at the Opéra-Comique during its history have included the following works which have each been performed more than 1,000 times by the company: "Cavalleria Rusticana", "Le chalet", "La dame blanche", "Le domino noir", "La fille du régiment", "Lakmé", "Manon", "Mignon", "Les noces de Jeannette", "Le pré aux clercs", "Tosca", "La bohème", "Werther" and "Carmen", the last having been performed more than 2,500 times.
  Title: Trial by Jury
  Passage: Trial by Jury is a comic opera in one act, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert.  It was first produced on 25 March 1875, at London's Royalty Theatre, where it initially ran for 131 performances and was considered a hit, receiving critical praise and outrunning its popular companion piece, Jacques Offenbach's "La Périchole".  The story concerns a "breach of promise of marriage" lawsuit in which the judge and legal system are the objects of lighthearted satire.  Gilbert based the libretto of "Trial by Jury" on an operetta parody that he had written in 1868.
citations: La Périchole Mignon