Gilbert and Sullivan was a Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the dramatist W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) and the composer Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900), who jointly created fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, of which H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado are among the best known.. Gilbert, who wrote the libretti for these operas, created …

The gondola (English: / ˈ ɡ ɒ n d ə l ə /, Italian: ; Venetian: góndoła [ˈɡoŋdoɰa]) is a traditional, flat-bottomed Venetian rowing boat, well suited to the conditions of the Venetian lagoon.It is typically propelled by a gondolier, who uses a rowing oar, which is not fastened to the hull, in a sculling manner and also acts as the rudder. The uniqueness of the gondola includes its ...

Norman Joel Greenbaum (born November 20, 1942) is an American singer-songwriter. He is primarily known for his 1969 song "Spirit in the Sky

Small beer (also known as small ale or table beer) is a lager or ale that contains a lower amount of alcohol by volume than most others, usually between 0.5% and 2.8%. Sometimes unfiltered and porridge-like, it was a favoured drink in Medieval Europe and colonial North America compared with more expensive beer containing higher levels of alcohol. Small beer was also …

Louise Gold (born 1956) is an English puppeteer, actress and singer whose career has spanned more than four decades. She is best known for her work as a puppeteer on television and for roles in musical theatre in the West End.. Gold was raised in …

Clarkson Frederick Stanfield RA RBA (3 December 1793 – 18 May 1867) was a prominent English painter (often inaccurately credited as William Clarkson Stanfield) who was best known for his large-scale paintings of dramatic marine subjects and landscapes.He was the father of the painter George Clarkson Stanfield and the composer Francis Stanfield

Malgré sa longueur, le canal n'est franchi que par quatre ponts piétonniers. De fait, la majeure partie du trafic de Venise s'effectuant le long du Grand Canal plutôt qu'en travers, un seul pont le franchit jusqu'au XIX e siècle, le pont du Rialto (ponte di Rialto), à peu près en son milieu entre San Polo et San Marco.Les trois autres ponts sont le pont de la Constitution (ponte della ...

Hearts in Atlantis is a 2001 American mystery drama film directed by Scott Hicks and starring Anthony Hopkins and Anton Yelchin.It is loosely adapted from Stephen King's Dark Tower tie-in Low Men in Yellow Coats, a novella in the 1999 collection Hearts in Atlantis after which the film was named.. The film is dedicated to cinematographer Piotr Sobociński, who died of a heart …

Aujourd’hui la gondole n’est plus utilisée que par les touristes. Si aujourd’hui [Quand ?] 433 gondoliers ont un permis de navigation, il ne peut y en avoir plus. On a estimé à 10 000 le nombre de gondoles au XVI e siècle.Les gondoliers constituaient autrefois une caste à part, qui voulait qu'un père transmette les secrets de son savoir à l’un de ses fils.

The Stepford Wives is a 1975 American satirical psychological thriller film directed by Bryan Forbes.It was written by William Goldman, who based his screenplay on Ira Levin's 1972 novel of the same name.The film stars Katharine Ross as a woman who relocates with her husband (Peter Masterson) and children from New York City to the Connecticut community of Stepford, where …

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].