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05/05/2017CommemorationCommemorations for the death of Napoleon
Paris > At 6.30pm on Friday 5 May in the Cathedral of Saint-Louis des Invalides, there will be a mass in memory of Napoleon I and of the soldiers who died for France, in the presence of HIH the Prince Napoleon. (Mass open to the public, subject to availability). Earlier, at 6pm, in the crypt of the […]
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29/04/2017ConcertConcert for the Emperor
Programme: – André Grétry, “La victoire est à nous” (1783) An opera chorus from “La caravane du Caire” reworked into a song of victory for Revolutionary and then Napoleonic armies. – Queen Hortense, ‘Partant pour la Syrie’, (1807) Written almost on a napkin on a corner table by the daughter of the Empress Josephine, this […]
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from 27/04/2017 to 28/04/2017Study DayFighting, suffering and death in the wars of the French Revolution and of the First Empire
The principal languague of the event is French but at least one of the papers will be in English. Event organized by: CHERPA (IEP d’Aix-en-Provence), UMR 7268 ADèS Anthropologie bio-culturelle, Droit, Éthique & Santé (faculté de Médecine de Marseille, France) Dates of the Symposium: 27 – 28 April 2017 in Marseille, France, at the Faculty of […]
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31/03/2017Conference, Study DayCaroline Murat, Queen of Naples and art collector (in Rome)
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from 25/03/2017 to 26/03/2017Talk, TourA two-day “cultural fitness” with … Napoleon
A two-day “cultural fitness” with … Napoleon. This event organised by “Landandé” Committee on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 March, focused entirely on the battle of Bricchetto, which took place on 21 April 1796 and ended the first phase of Piedmontese Italian campaign. The program of the two days includes A debate at 9pm on […]
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16/03/2017CommemorationBirthday Celebrations of the Prince Imperial, Louis Napoléon
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from 10/03/2017 to 11/03/2017ConcertHommage to Méhul : Coronation Mass / Beethoven : Symphony N°5
According to the latest research the mass known as Napoléon’s coronation mass, attributed to Méhul for almost two centuries, was actually composed by Franz Xaver Kleinheinz (1765-1832). It was not actually performed at Napoleon’s coronation. It was the Festival of La Chaise-Dieu, directed at the time by Guy Ramona, which, with the help of the […]
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20/01/2017Concert, TalkIn the steps of Elisa Bonaparte: Concert for the launch of an olfactory tour of Lucca
“Elisa Bonaparte. The olfactory journey” is the olfactory path that bears the traces of the era in which Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi was Princess of Lucca and Piombino. The initiative was presented on 13 January at Palazzo Ducale, during a press conference which was attended by the provincial director Renato Bonturi, the mayor of Lucca, […]
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from 13/01/2017 to 02/05/2017Concert, Theatrical EventNapoleon. De schaduw van de revolutie
Napoleon. De schaduw van de revolutie Text: Bart Van Loo author, Music: Geert Hellings Musical stand-up in dutch by author of Napoleon. De schaduw van de revolutie (2014) dates: 13-01 / 20.30 —- Mortsel / Kaleidoscoop (try-out) / +32 474-56 78 31 – UITVERKOCHT 14-01 / 20.30 —- Oostduinkerke / Het Bedrijf (try-out) / +32 58-53 29 99 19-01 […]
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from 06/11/2016 to 19/03/2017Concert, Radio TV CinemaAbel Gance’s Napoleon
From 13 November, various UK cinemas will be screening “Napoleon” by Abel Gance, on the occasion of the release on DVD / Blu-Ray produced by the British Film Institute and Photoplay Productions based on the restoration* (of 2000) by Kevin Brownlow (duration: 5h30), with a new score by Carl Davis (the longest ever composed for a silent […]