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The "Chroniques du Théâtre des Champs-Elysées" Collection proposes to compare a season with the history of the Theater through an artist, a work, a repertoire or a theme.
l'autre strauss, a la conquete de la france
L'autre Strauss / NEW
A la conquête de la France
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The story by the musicologist André Tubeuf of the place of Richard Strauss in France from the dawn of the twentieth century to the present day. From the French premiere of Salomé in 1907 at the Châtelet, Rosenkavalier and Elektra at the Opera to Ariadne auf Naxos in 1937 at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, completed with portraits of some of the most beautiful Straussian voices heard in Paris (Germaine Lubin, Élisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Renée Fleming, Sophie Koch, Anja Harteros…)
Preface by Renée Fleming and Sophie Koch
60 pages - 10€
le roman du theatre
Le Roman du Théâtre
ou le rêve d'un Palais Philharmonique
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The story of the birth of the Theater by Joseph Abram, researcher at the Laboratory of History of Contemporary Architecture and specialist of the work of the Perret brothers.
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Audio archives of Marie Dormoy, Madame Bourdelle and Lucienne Astruc (collection INA archives).
80 pages & 20mn Audio archives - €12
une histoire en affiches
Une histoire en affiches
Un siècle de musique, de ballet et de théâtre
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A short history of Theater and Comedy from 1913 to the present day illustrated by its collection of historical posters.
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Video archives of Stravinsky, Varese, Maria Callas, Leonard Bernstein, Maurice Béjart, Henri Dutilleux, Horowitz, Paul Meurisse, The Who ... (collection INA archives).
60 pages & 20mn Video archives - €10
Nijinsky 1913, l'annee du sacre
Nijinsky 1913
L'année du Sacre
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A portrait of the star of Ballets Russes and one of the greatest dancers of the twentieth century around the creation of The Rite of Spring by Martine Kahane, one of the "memoirs" of the Paris Opera and the author of many books on dance.
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Audio archives of the conductors D. E. Inghelbrecht and Pierre Monteux, Serge Lifar and Jean Cocteau (collection INA archives).
60 pages & 20mn Audio archives - €10
Francis Poulenc, l'enfant de chœur
Francis Poulenc
L'enfant du chœur
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Poulenc's vocal music, from melancholic melodies to the poignant Salve Regina of the Dialogues of the Carmelites narrated by the novelist Vincent Borel. Preface by Patricia Petibon
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Audio interviews with Francis Poulenc about his life and work (collection INA archives).
48 pages & 20mn Audio archives - €10