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from 05/10/2021 to 06/10/2021Concert[2021 Année Napoléon] Death and Imperial Transfiguration: Napoleon’s Triumph(s)
Programme of the two concerts Triomphe(s) de Napoléon 5 and 6 October 2021, at 8pm – Cathedral of Saint-Louis des Invalides Book your tickets! Académie symphonique de Paris (Jérôme Treille, direction) Chœur Les Voix impériales Soloist : Véronique Chevallier Andrew Dewar, organ Thierry Lentz, narrator Peter Hicks, direction La Marseillaise (version Berlioz) Allons enfants, Amour sacré, Guerriers pour toujours dans l’histoire… […]
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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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from 01/05/2019 to 05/05/2019Concert, FestivalSt Helena Music Festival: Napoleon and George III
Festival Programme Wednesday 1 May – Concert at St Paul’s Cathedral at 7pm Free entry This concert will include piano solos, quartets, a cappella and soprano pieces, reviving music from the the Napoleonic and Georgian periods. Programme: Grétry, « La Victoire est à nous », quartet a cappella (1 min) Anon., “Hearts of oak”, unison quartet with piano […]
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05/04/2019Concert, Theatrical EventExceptional concert > Napoleonic music in Waterloo
Programme 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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from 28/05/2018 to 03/06/2018Commemoration, Tour22nd French week: La Route du Prince Impérial, Louis Napoléon, Commemorations in South Africa
“La Route du Prince Impérial” was inaugurated on 1 June 1996 to commemorate the time Louis-Napoleon, only son of Napoléon III and his wife the Empress Eugenie, spent in South Africa before his untimely death at the hands of Zulu warriors on 1 June 1879. The route follows the footsteps of the pilgrimage made by […]
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24/05/2018ConcertImperial Voices
Académie Symphonique de Paris Les Voix Impériales, Choir and Soloists Peter Hicks, Director Sara Kim, organist AU PROGRAMME Méhul, Le chant du retour pour la Grande Armée Dalayrac/Boys, Veillons au salut de l’Empire Catel, Chant triomphal pour la paix et l’anniversaire du Sacre Grétry, Où peut-on être mieux qu’au sein de sa famille, extr. de […]
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from 06/04/2018 to 18/06/2018ConcertConcert Cycle: words and music of the Emperor
To accompany the exhibition “Napoleon the Strategist” (see above), the Musée de l’Armée in Paris has organised a cycle of 14 concerts, from 5 April, designed to bring to life the atmosphere of battles and other sounds from the Napoleonic campaigns, with music composed during the Napoleonic period as well as later works that refer to it. From […]
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05/04/2018ConcertSPECIAL OFFER! Concert Dalberto-Darmarquette-Dumay (cycle “Musiques et paroles d’Empereur”)
A reduction is available to readers of napoleon.org and the Foundation Napoléon Facebook pages. Category 1 – 26€ instead of 30€ Category 2 – 16€ instead of 20€ Take advantage of these rates by using the code CENT04 on the Museum’s Online Ticket page!
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from 18/03/2018 to 27/05/2018ConcertMusic at the Museum
3 concerts “Music at the Museum” Sunday 18 March 2018, 4pm > “Viennese Spring” Music by Haydn, Mozart, Schubert Marnuela Matis, violin – Laura Manca, cello – Maria Grazia Petrali, fortepiano Sunday 15 April 2018 4pm > “Reading companions” Musical meetings at the Vienna First School Music by Vanhal, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven Mario Lacchini, flute […]
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from 30/09/2017 to 01/10/2017ConcertThe “Fresques Musicales” of Fontainebleau: Eugenie and the Last Emperor
The full presentation of the Festival in French General practical information (in English) Programme: Saturday 30 September 4pm Introduction to the concert by Brigitte François-Sappey, musicologist “L’Oiseau prophète Nature et musique aux temps romantiques” 5.30pm concert Romantic escapes in the forest of Fontainebleau Chamber Choir Les Elements Corine Durous, piano Joël Suhubiette, direction 8.30 pm concert […]