le Chevalier d' Éon

Following his Rossini recital (Alpha 791), Florian Sempey shares another of his passions: his enthusiasm for the world of knights and medieval narrative. For him, “a mysterious force emanates from castles and other antique buildings; their ancient stones have always fascinated me.” Ferrum Splendidum (the Latin for ‘Resplendent Metal’) recalls the singer’s ancestors, who were blacksmiths in the Périgord region. Though not following in that family tradition, Sempey concentrated instead on forging and moulding the metal of his brilliant baritone voice.

Tandis que l'armée de la République française dirigée par le général Bonaparte s'apprête à accoster en Angleterre, les Français, parmi lesquels de nombreux aristocrates, sont expulsés du pays. Geneviève, chevalier d'Eon, de retour à Paris, et le marquis de Sade, sous le pseudonyme journalistique de Louis, se retrouvent embarqués dans une enquête concernant des enlèvements d'enfants des rues. …

London and Paris in the late 19th and early 20th centuries shared an artistic vitality that set them apart from the rest of the world. With Parisian society regularly gripped by periods of Anglomania, a constant process of cultural exchange resulted in operetta hits, wartime classics and popular songs both bawdy and elegant. Capturing the spirit of a period ranging from the fashionable d’Oyly carte to 1920s American jazz, the Frivol’Ensemble takes us back in time to rediscover the delights of this golden age of musical theatricality.

Voici rassemblé dans un pack 914 romans et récits sur l'histoire de l'humanité, qui connus de nombreuses péripéties et drames historiques avant d'arriver au temps présent.