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Marville-ous photos of pre-Haussmann Paris: corinthe
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Marville-ous photos of pre-Haussmann Paris. I can recommend the work of Charles Marville. There's some excellent examples online on this Paris site. And in the Getty. I was pleased to find a couple of images of the Rue Tirechappe, now vanished under (I think) the Rue de Pont-Neuf (meeting the Rue Saint-Honoré): in the Hugoverse, in the 15C this was the Frollo family home, to which 19-year-old Claude ran from the university, to find his parents dead from plague and baby Jehan crying in his cradle.
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Strange opera production: Schmidt's 'Notre Dame': corinthe
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Strange opera production: Schmidt's 'Notre Dame'. Earlier this year, there was a very odd production in Dresden of Schmidt's Notre Dame. Updated to 1930s US, with a Jean Harlow/Roxie Hart-esque Esméralda. Here's an English-language review. And the opera house's own page on it. There's a trailer for it here. On the plus side, Claude is (correctly) in his 30s. And (as the book demands! Gets his kit off for some self-mortification. ;-D. Post a new comment. We will log you in after post. Post a new comment.
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Some interesting NDdP ballets: corinthe
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Some interesting NDdP ballets. In the 1950s, the 19C ballet La Esméralda. Was given a makeover, with additional music and more book-plot. This variant (which is sometimes called Gudule's Daughter. As it reinstates the Pâquette subplot) has been revived in Moscow at the Stanislavskii Music Theatre. There's also a Royal Swedish Opera Ballet, Ringaren i Notre-Dame. From which pictures may be seen here. Post a new comment. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. Post a new comment.
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Why Disney should have left Victor Hugo alone…: corinthe
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Why Disney should have left Victor Hugo alone. Read this and laugh (or weep). Post a new comment. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. Post a new comment. Post a new comment. Follow us on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.
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