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On that day 17 December
Work
Les Amazones ou La Fondation de Thèbes
Premiered on 17 December 1811, Méhul’s Les Amazones was composed for the lengthy celebrations in honour of the marriage between Napoleon and Marie Louise. The opera tells the story of the impossible l...
Work
La Belle Hélène
The decree of 6 January 1864 having abolished the special privileges enjoyed by the main Parisian theatres and Offenbach having recently left the directorship of the Bouffes-Parisiens, the composer de...
Person
BEETHOVEN Ludwig van
Figure tutélaire du XIXe siècle musical, père du romantisme, Beethoven a été adulé de son vivant pour ses talents de pianiste et de compositeur. Formé avec sévérité par un père musicien à la Chapelle ...
Person
VIALON Antoine
Dessinateur et graveur, compositeur, parolier et éditeur de musique à Paris (1848-ca 1863).
Person
NANSEN Louis
Georges-Louis Noël, dit Louis Nansen. Ténor, membre de la troupe de l'Opéra de Paris à partir de 1907.
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