Le peintre anglais William Turner le représente dans une huile sur toile exposée à la Royal Academy en 1840 et conservée à la Tate Britain à Londres [2].. Littérature. Michel Zévaco, Le Pont des Soupirs (1901) roman d'aventures en deux parties : . Le Pont des Soupirs; Les Amants de Venise; Inspiré par Le Comte de Monte-Cristo d'Alexandre Dumas, l'intrigue se …

Chariots of Fire is a 1981 British historical sports drama film directed by Hugh Hudson, written by Colin Welland, and produced by David Puttnam.It is based on the true story of two British athletes in the 1924 Olympics: Eric Liddell, a devout Scottish Christian who runs for the glory of God, and Harold Abrahams, an English Jew who runs to overcome prejudice.

Origins. Although Prokofiev had already written four operas (the earliest being The Giant which he composed at the age of eight and was written down by the composer's mother), Maddalena is the first of his works in this genre to which he gave an opus number (op. 13). The opera was written in the summer of 1911 while Prokofiev was still a student at Saint Petersburg Conservatory and …

Flotte. Louis XIV y fera voguer une flotte conséquente : un trois-mâts (« Le Grand Vaisseau »), une galère, des chaloupes, des galiotes, des brigantins, des gondoles (offertes par le Doge de Venise) et, à partir de 1675, deux yachts d'Angleterre [5], [6].. La réplique du Grand Vaisseau est actuellement en cours de construction par l'ASBL, l'Atelier Marin à Bruxelles [7].

A bass is a type of classical male singing voice and has the lowest vocal range of all voice types.According to The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, a bass is typically classified as having a vocal range extending from around the second E below middle C to the E above middle C (i.e., E 2 –E 4). Its tessitura, or comfortable range, is normally defined by the outermost lines of the …

The Savoy Theatre is a West End theatre in the Strand in the City of Westminster, London, England.The theatre was designed by C. J. Phipps for Richard D'Oyly Carte and opened on 10 October 1881 on a site previously occupied by the Savoy Palace.Its intended purpose was to showcase the popular series of comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan, which became known as …

John Singer Sargent (/ ˈ s ɑːr dʒ ən t /; January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925) was an American expatriate artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian-era luxury. He created roughly 900 oil paintings and more than 2,000 watercolors, as well as countless sketches and charcoal drawings. His oeuvre documents worldwide travel, …

Whistling without the use of an artificial whistle is achieved by creating a small opening with one's lips, usually after applying moisture (licking one's lips or placing water upon them) and then blowing or sucking air through the space. The air is moderated by the lips, curled tongue, teeth or fingers (placed over the mouth or in various areas between pursed lips) to create turbulence, …

Ca' Rezzonico (Italian pronunciation: [ˈka rretˈtsɔːniko]) is a palazzo and art museum on the Grand Canal in the Dorsoduro sestiere of Venice, Italy.It is a particularly notable example of the 18th century Venetian baroque and rococo architecture and interior decoration, and displays paintings by the leading Venetian painters of the period, including Francesco Guardi and …

The General's Daughter is a 1999 American mystery thriller film directed by Simon West from a screenplay co-written by Christopher Bertolini and William Goldman, based on the novel of the same name by Nelson DeMille.It stars John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Cromwell, Timothy Hutton, Clarence Williams III, and James Woods.The plot concerns the mysterious …

Dreamcatcher is a 2003 American science fiction horror film based on Stephen King's 2001 novel of the same name.Directed by Lawrence Kasdan and co-written by Kasdan and screenwriter William Goldman, the film stars Thomas Jane, Jason Lee, Damian Lewis and Timothy Olyphant as four friends who encounter an invasion of parasitic aliens. It also starred Morgan Freeman, …

K–12 schools. Zoned schools. Elizabeth Learning Center (only K–8 is zoned) (Cudahy, opened 1927); James A. Foshay Learning Center (only 6–12 is zoned; in order to attend Foshay LC for 9–12, a student has to have been enrolled as an 8th grader) (Los Angeles, opened 1924); Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools (opened 2010); Vaughn Next Century Learning Center …

Ian Bryce Wallace OBE (10 July 1919 – 12 October 2009) was an English bass-baritone opera and concert singer, actor and broadcaster of Scottish extraction.. His family intended him for a career in the law, but he was attracted to the stage. Originally an actor in non-musical plays, he was persuaded to try opera and made an immediate success.

John Smith Hurt (March 8, 1893 – November 2, 1966), better known as Mississippi John Hurt, was an American country blues singer and guitarist.. Raised in Avalon, Mississippi, Hurt taught himself to play the guitar around the age of nine.He worked as a sharecropper and began playing at dances and parties, singing to a melodious fingerpicked accompaniment.