Polyeucte is a drama in five acts by French writer Pierre Corneille. It was finished in December 1642 and debuted in October 1643. It is based on the...
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Polyeuctus (redirect from Polyeuctes)
Saint Polyeuctus (also Polyeuctes, Polyeuktos, Greek: Πολύευκτος) of Melitene (died 10 January 259) is a Christian saint from the Roman era. Christian...
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Polyeucte (French pronunciation: [pɔliœkt]) is an opera in five acts by Charles Gounod. The libretto was by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, after the...
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Polyeucte drama by Pierre Corneille Polyeucte (opera), Charles Gounod 1878 Polyeucte, ouverture by Paul Dukas 1891 Polyeucte, film Camille de Morlhon 1910...
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Polyeucte is an overture composed by Paul Dukas in 1891 for the tragedy of the same name by Pierre Corneille. Dukas made his public debut with the first...
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Byasa polyeuctes, the common windmill, is the most common member in India of the windmills genus (Byasa), comprising tailed black swallowtail butterflies...
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not performed until after the composer's death. Pierre Corneille's play Polyeucte written in 1641–42, the story of which reflected the life of the early...
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Corneille (9 April) Dorine in Tartuffe by Molière (30 April) 1840: Pauline in Polyeucte Martyr by Corneille (15 May) First tour in France during the summer (Rouen...
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was the French composer Charles Gounod, who composed part of his opera Polyeucte at the house. Tavistock House was demolished in 1901. Tavistock House...
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classical tragedies, Horace (1640, dedicated to Richelieu), Cinna (1643), and Polyeucte (1643). These three plays and Le Cid are collectively known as Corneille's...
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Musical. His Parisian debut as composer was a performance of his overture Polyeucte, written in 1891 and premiered by Charles Lamoureux and his Orchestre...
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Retrieved 21 February 2018. Life is a Dream, by Pedro Calderón de la Barca Polyeucte, by Pierre Corneille Phèdre, by Jean Racine Tartuffe, by Molière Minna...
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"the French Beethoven". Resuming operatic composition, Gounod finished Polyeucte, on which he had been working in London, and during 1876 composed Cinq-Mars...
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396–401. Murray, p. 239. The phrase, "sighed [etc.]" alludes to the play Polyeucte by "the father of French tragedy," Pierre Corneille. Womersley, Oxford...
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rusticana, Pagliacci, Turandot, Don Carlo, Carmen, Faust, Roméo et Juliette, Polyeucte, Le Cid, Sappho, Hérodiade, La Juive, L'Africaine, Le Roi d'Ys, La Périchole)...
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libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, which was based on Pierre Corneille's play Polyeucte written in 1641–42. It reflected the life of the early Christian martyr...
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La Colombe, Faust (*), Le médecin malgré lui (*), Philémon et Baucis, Polyeucte, La reine de Saba and Roméo et Juliette (*) Victor Massé: Galathée Les...
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Lebonnard by Jean Aicard : Lebonnard 1906 : Hernani by Victor Hugo 1907 : Polyeucte by Corneille 1907 : Electra by Sophocles 1909 : La Robe rouge by Eugène...
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et Juliette (1867) Cinq-Mars (1877) Maître Pierre (incomplete, 1877-8) Polyeucte (1878) Le tribut de Zamora (1881) Opera discographies Faust Roméo et Juliette...
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Thecla with David and Daniel in his prayers. The exordium of the Acts of Polyeuctes (died 259) refers to Thecla and Perpetua, and there were certainly many...
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composed by Demosthenes which concerned the division of the estate of Polyeuctes. It is the forty-first in the corpus of Demosthenic speeches which have...
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produced at the Martina Franca Festival in July 2004 Gounod's rarely played Polyeucte, and directed a French version of Salome by R. Strauss in collaboration...
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Language of America Pedro Agerre (Axular) – Gero Pierre Corneille Le Menteur Polyeucte Sir William Davenant – The Unfortunate Lovers published Claude de L'Estoile...
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were lovers, and that he had promised her the title role in his opera Polyeucte when it opened in Paris. Gounod became increasingly disturbed by gossip...
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Louvre, Marc Minkowski Gaetano Donizetti, Les Martyrs, Michael Spyres (Polyeucte), Joyce El-Khoury (Pauline), David Kempster (Sévère), Brindley Sherratt...
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Star" (1981), "Balthazar" (2001), "Yvonne, Princess of Burgundy" (2004), "Polyeucte" (2010), "The Trap" (2011) and "Olympia of Gdansk" (2015), "Yemaya - Queen...
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changed to tragedy) - 1637 Horace (tragedy) - 1640 Cinna (tragedy) - 1640 Polyeucte ("Christian" tragedy) - c.1641 La Mort de Pompée (tragedy) - 1642 Le Menteur...
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Souvenez-vous en 1910 : La Reine Margot after Alexandre Dumas 1910 : Polyeucte 1910 : Paillasse 1910 : L'Idylle du peintre 1910 : Bedouallah assassin...
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The Tempest Alfredo Arias Festival d'Avignon Théâtre de la Commune 1987 Polyeucte Pierre Corneille Jorge Lavelli Comédie-Française 1988 The Changeling Thomas...
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B. plutonius (Chinese windmill) B. polla (De Niceville's windmill) B. polyeuctes (common windmill) B. rhadinus Losaria L. coon (common clubtail) L. palu...
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