Collector, adventurer and artist, Vivant Denon was a youthful courtier at Versailles; he lived through the French Revolution, and galloped across Egypt with Bonaparte. He found world fame without seeking it, risking his life and happiness in an endless quest, a love affair with art.
Collector, adventurer and artist, Vivant Denon was a youthful courtier at Versailles; he lived through the French Revolution, and galloped across Egyp...
When the curtain falls on Puccini's opera, Cho-Cho-San - Madame Butterfly - hands over her only child to his American father and kills herself. Taking this searing moment as its springboard, 'Butterfly's Shadow' sends its characters spinning into a future undreamed of in the original.
When the curtain falls on Puccini's opera, Cho-Cho-San - Madame Butterfly - hands over her only child to his American father and kills herself. Taking...
The story begins in 1429 on Madeira, when a peasant girl meets a boy- a Jewish outsider- from a Portuguese sailing ship. Esperanca and Emmanuel know they must part when the ship sails. From that first meeting and parting, others follow...
The story begins in 1429 on Madeira, when a peasant girl meets a boy- a Jewish outsider- from a Portuguese sailing ship. Esperanca and Emmanuel know t...
