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from 27/05/2023 to 03/06/2023CommemorationFrench Week 2023Highlights of the week include : Sunday 28 May 2023: Exhibition of works by Rory Klopper inspired by French philosopher & intellectual Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille (1897 – 1962). Saturday 27 May; the Fête de l’Abeille Monday 29 mai: Guided visit to the Prince Imperial Exhibition in the national uMsunduzi Museum Tuesday 30 May, 10 am: Presentation […]
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from 01/10/2022 to 01/12/2023Commemoration, Conference, Festival, Other, Study Day, Talk, Theatrical Event2023 Année Napoléon III – The 150th anniversary of the death of Napoleon III -
from 05/05/2021 to 09/05/2021CommemorationLIVE Commemorations of Napoleon’s Death on St HelenaOn 5, 6 and 9 May, wherever you are around the world, watch online the Bicentenary ceremonies. ► FOLLOW THE CEREMONIES LIVE Programme: (Times are given in GMT i.e. 1 hour behind London and 4 hours ahead of New York) – 5 May 2021: From 8am-4pm GMT, Laying of the personalised wreaths on the tomb* From 5pm GMT: Longwood House Gardens. Funeral march […]
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from 29/06/2019 to 13/07/2019Concert, Theatrical EventDonizetti’s “Daughter of the Regiment” (Saratoga Springs, New York)Donizetti’s “La Fille du Régiment,” is a 1840 comic opera about a French orphan who falls for a young Swiss soldier during the Napoleonic wars. This new production which opens Opera Saratoga’s 2019 Summer Festival will feature the Argentinian bel canto tenor Santiago Ballerini in the role of Tonio. (Performances: 29 June, 1, 7 and 13 July at the […]
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05/05/2019CommemorationCommemoration of the death of Napoleon I: Memorial ceremony on St HelenaProgramme: 10.15am Gathering at the observation Point 10.30am Beginning of the Ceremony Prayers led by Father David Musgrave 2 minutes of silence with Last Post & Reveille played by Reverend Graeme Beckett National Anthems by Professor Peter Hicks Blessing From 11am to 3pm At Longwood, free entrance to the Museum, and Picnic in the Longwood […]
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05/04/2019Concert, Theatrical EventExceptional concert > Napoleonic music in WaterlooProgramme André Grétry, La victoire est à nous (1783) La Reine Hortense, Partant pour la Syrie (1807) Nicolas Dalayrac, Veillons au salut de l’Empire (1787) André Grétry, Ou peut-on être mieux qu’au sein de sa famille (1769) “Mme M.” [sic], Le tombeau de Napoléon (avant 1838) Nicolas-Etienne Méhul, Cantate pour le mariage de l’Empereur, “Ô doux […]
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24/03/2019Guided Tour, Theatrical EventNapoleon’s back in Milan!A guided tour with historical costumes, retracing the footprints of the passage of Napoleon in the historic center of Milan (Italy) From the Palazzo Reale to the Arco della Pace, via the Brera and the Castello Sforzesco, revisiting statues, memories and ancient bricks, Napoleon Bonaparte visits the city to bring it back to its former glory, taking […]
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from 09/03/2019 to 25/06/2019Theatrical EventVictoriaVictoria will tell the astounding life story of Queen Victoria through the eyes of her youngest child and lifelong companion Beatrice. Travelling back in time from Victoria’s death bed, Beatrice relives her memories of her mother as a secluded widow before discovering her anew as she transcribes the Queen’s intimate diaries. From the accession of […]
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from 22/09/2018 to 24/11/2018Theatrical EventProkofiev’s War and PeaceUsing a libretto based on Tolstoy’s great novel set during the Napoleonic Wars when 500,000 French troops invaded Russia, Prokofiev began composing his opera War and Peace in 1942, a year after the Nazi invasion of Russia. This new production by Welsh National Opera performed in English translation, combines the two eras. The next performances […]
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from 27/06/2018 to 01/09/2018Theatrical Event“La Nuit des Invalides” (sound and light show)To mark the Centenary of the First World War, the son-et-lumière show “La Nuit des Invalides” this year is dedicated to “1918, the birth of a new world” (Wednesday to Saturday, 27 June – 1 September). This sound and light show is followed by a candlelit visit to the Church of the Dome where Napoleon is buried. […]