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L'Oiseau Bleu (other)
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''L'oiseau bleu'' is French for "The Blue Bird". * ''The Blue Bird'' (fairy tale), a French fairy tale by Madame d'Aulnoy * ''The Blue Bird'' (play), a Belgian play by Maurice Maeterlinck * ''L'oiseau bleu'' (opera), an opera by Albert Wolff * "L'Oiseau bleu" (song), a J-pop single by Mami Kawada * ''L'Oiseau bleu'' (painting) by Jean Metzinger * ''L'Oiseau Bleu'' (train), an express train between Antwerp and Paris See also * Bluebird (other) A bluebird is one of several species in the songbird genus ''Sialia''. Bluebird or blue bird may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Literature & Theatre * "The Blue Bird" (fairy tale), by Madame d'Aulnoy, published in 1697 * ''The Blue B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blue Bird (fairy Tale)
"The Blue Bird" is a French literary fairy tale by Madame d'Aulnoy, published in 1697. An English translation was included in ''The Green Fairy Book'', 1892, collected by Andrew Lang. The tale is Aarne–Thompson type 432, The Prince as Bird. Others of this type include "The Feather of Finist the Falcon", " The Green Knight", and "The Greenish Bird". Plot summary After a wealthy king loses his dear wife, he meets and falls in love with a woman, who is also recently widowed and they marry. The king has a daughter named Florine and the queen also has a daughter named Truitonne. While Florine is beautiful and kind-hearted, Truitonne is spoiled, selfish and ugly and it is not too long before she and her mother become jealous of Florine's beauty. One day, the king decides the time has come to arrange his daughters' marriages and soon, Prince Charming visits the kingdom. The queen is determined for him to marry Truitonne, so she dresses her daughter in all her finery for the recept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blue Bird (play)
''The Blue Bird'' (french: L'Oiseau bleu) is a 1908 play by Belgian playwright and poet Maurice Maeterlinck. It premiered on 30 September 1908 at Konstantin Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre, and was presented on Broadway in 1910. The play has been adapted for several films and a TV series. The French composer Albert Wolff wrote an opera (first performed at the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1919) based on Maeterlinck's original play, and Maeterlinck's inamorata Georgette Leblanc produced a novelization. The story is about a girl called ''Mytyl'' and her brother ''Tyltyl'' seeking happiness, represented by ''The Blue Bird of Happiness'', aided by the good fairy ''Bérylune''. Maeterlinck also wrote a relatively little known sequel to ''The Blue Bird'' titled ''The Betrothal; or, The Blue Bird Chooses''. Story In the opening scene, the two children gleefully describe the beautiful decorations and rich desserts that they see in the house of a wealthy family nearby. When Bérylun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'oiseau Bleu (opera)
''L'oiseau bleu'' (''The Blue Bird'') is an opera in four acts (eight tableaux) by the French composer and conductor Albert Wolff. The libretto by Maurice Maeterlinck is based on his 1908 play of the same name. Boris Anisfeld designed the sets. Performance history It was first performed at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City on 27 December 1919. Maeterlinck, the playwright and Nobel laureate, was present at the premiere, which, in the immediate aftermath of World War I, was a benefit for four charities: the Queen of the Belgians Fund, the Millerand Fund for French Orphans, the Three Big Sister Organizations (Catholic, Protestant, Jewish), and the Milk for the Children of America Fund. The first Belgian performance was on 21 April 1920, and it was revived at the Théâtre de la Monnaie The Royal Theatre of La Monnaie (french: Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, italic=no, ; nl, Koninklijke Muntschouwburg, italic=no; both translating as the "Royal Theatre of the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Oiseau Bleu (song)
"L'Oiseau bleu" is a maxi single released by the J-pop singer, Mami Kawada is a former Japanese pop singer and lyricist who was signed to NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan and also a member of I've Sound, a musical group which produces soundtracks for ''eroge'' (erotic games) and anime. Born and raised in Sapporo, Ja .... This was scheduled to be released on June 24, 2009. This is Kawada's first single that has no anime tie-in and also to the first be produced by I've Sound producer C.G mix. This single has also been contained in the ''I've Sound 10th Anniversary 「Departed to the future」 Special CD BOX'' which was released on March 25, 2009. The coupling song is the live version of her first visual novel theme song with I've Sound that she performed in their concert in Budokan last January 2, 2009. The single only came in a limited CD+DVD edition (GNCV-0017). The DVD will contain the Promotional Video for L'Oiseau bleu. The single reached number 113 on Oricon's single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Oiseau Bleu (painting)
''The Blue Bird'' (French: ''L'Oiseau bleu'') is an oil painting created in 1912–1913 by the French artist and theorist Jean Metzinger. ''L'Oiseau bleu'', one of Metzinger's most recognizable and frequently referenced works, was first exhibited in Paris at the Salon des Indépendants in the spring of 1913 (cat. no. 2087), several months after the publication of the first (and only) Cubist manifesto, '' Du "Cubisme"'', written by Jean Metzinger and Albert Gleizes (1912). It was subsequently exhibited at the 1913 Erster Deutscher Herbstsalon in Berlin (titled ''Der blaue Vogel'', cat. no. 287).Herwarth Walden, ''Erster deutscher Herbstsalon'', Berlin 1913 No. 287, p. 25 Apollinaire described ''L'Oiseau bleu'' as a 'very brilliant painting' and 'his most important work to date'. ''L'Oise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Oiseau Bleu (train)
''L'Oiseau Bleu'' (or the ''Oiseau Bleu'') was an international express train linking Antwerp with Paris. The train was named after the play '' L'Oiseau Bleu'' as a tribute to its author, the Belgian Nobel prize laureate Maurice Maeterlinck. Wagon-Lits Pullman train The ''Oiseau Bleu'' started as a luxury train operated by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits as their second Pullman service between Belgium and France. Timetable of 1929: Due to good loading figures the service was extended to Amsterdam on 15 May 1935, making the ''Oiseau Bleu'' the "mirror" of the '' Étoile du Nord''. The outbreak of World War II interrupted the service. On 1 June 1947 the train service was restarted on the Paris – Brussels portion, conveying two through coaches from and to Antwerp and Amsterdam. However, by at least 1949, the through coaches to points north of Brussels had been discontinued and the ''Oiseau Bleu'' – also called the ''Blue Bird Express'' during that era ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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