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Numa Sadoul
Numa Sadoul (born 7 May 1947, Brazzaville, French Equatorial Africa (now Republic of Congo) is a French writer, actor, and director, who has been a resident of France since 1966. Biography Numa Sadoul was born on May 7, 1947, in Brazzaville, Congo, where his father, Numa Sadoul, was Governor of Overseas France. He lived for 19 years in Africa - Congo, Gabon, Djibouti - and Madagascar, before settling in the South of France in 1966, when his father retired. Since that time, he has never left the Côte d´Azur. His childhood in Madagascar earned him the honor of being the guest of honor at the SO BD 2020 fair in Paris, which focused on Malagasy comic literature. If the success of ''Tintin and I'' - '' Tintin et moi'' makes him known to the public, the artistic life of Numa Sadoul has been divided for more than fifty years between two worlds: stages (opera, theater ...) and writing (reviews, press, interviews with authors of BD, novel), with long periods when he abandons one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazzaville
Brazzaville (, kg, Kintamo, Nkuna, Kintambo, Ntamo, Mavula, Tandala, Mfwa, Mfua; Teke: ''M'fa'', ''Mfaa'', ''Mfa'', ''Mfoa''Roman Adrian Cybriwsky, ''Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture'', ABC-CLIO, USA, 2013, p. 60) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo (Congo Republic). Constituting the financial and administrative centre of the country, it is located on the north side of the Congo River, opposite Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo). The population of the capital is estimated to exceed 1.8 million residents, comprising more than a third of the national populace. Some 40% are employed in non-agricultural professions. During World War II, Brazzaville was also the capital of Free France between 1940 and 1942. In 2013, Brazzaville was designated a City of Music by UNESCO; since then it has also been a member of the Creative Cities Network. Geography Brazzaville ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Giraud
Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (; 8 May 1938 – 10 March 2012) was a French artist, cartoonist, and writer who worked in the Bandes dessinées, Franco-Belgian ''bandes dessinées'' (BD) tradition. Giraud garnered worldwide acclaim under the pseudonym Mœbius (; ), as well as Gir () outside the English-speaking world, used for the ''Blueberry (comics), Blueberry'' series—his most successful creation in the non-English speaking parts of the world—and his Western (genre), Western-themed paintings. Esteemed by Federico Fellini, Stan Lee, and Hayao Miyazaki, among others,Screech, Matthew. 2005. Moebius/Jean Giraud: ''Nouveau Réalisme'' and Science fiction. in Libbie McQuillan (ed) "The Francophone bande dessinée" Rodopi. p. 1 he has been described as the most influential ''bande dessinée'' artist after Hergé. His most famous works include the series ''Blueberry'', created with writer Jean-Michel Charlier, featuring one of the first antiheroes in Western comics. As Mœbius, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Pétillon
René Pétillon (; 12 December 1945 – 30 September 2018) was a French satirical and political cartoonist and comics artist. As a cartoonist he was most famous for his work in ''Canard Enchaîné''. As a comics artist his best known and longest-running series was the humoristic comic strip Jack Palmer, about a goofy private detective. Pétillon joined ''Pilote'' magazine in 1972. From 1993, he published cartoons in the ''Canard Enchaîné'' and he signed them as ''Pétillon''. In 1989, he was awarded the Grand Prix de la ville at the Angoulême International Comics Festival. In 2002 he get the ''Grand prix de l'humour vache'' at the ''Salon international du dessin de presse et d'humour'' in Saint-Just-le-Martel. In 2001, he published ''L'Enquête Corse'' ("The Corsican Enquiry"), dealing with the "independentist" groups in Corsica. The album was a popular and critical success, with 300,000 printed in French plus 30,000 in Corsican. A movie of the same name, starring Jean Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charb
Stéphane Jean-Abel Michel Charbonnier (; 21 August 1967 – 7 January 2015), better known as Charb (), was a French satirical caricaturist and journalist. He was assassinated during the ''Charlie Hebdo'' shooting on 7 January 2015. He worked for several newspapers and magazines, joining ''Charlie Hebdo'' in 1992 and becoming the director of publication in 2009. Due to the publication of Muhammad cartoons, Charb became subject to death threats from extremist Muslims. From the time the magazine was firebombed in 2011, he lived under police protection until his assassination. The police officer protecting Charb on 7 January 2015 was also killed by the shooters. Early life Stéphane Charbonnier was born in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine on 21 August 1967 and raised in Pontoise, the son of Michel Jean-Marie Charbonnier. His mother, Denise Renée-Marie Charbonnier, née Ouvrard, worked as a secretary and his father worked as a technician for Postes, télégraphes et téléphones.Lu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabu
Jean Maurice Jules Cabut (; 13 January 19387 January 2015), known by the pen-name Cabu (), was a French comic strip artist and caricaturist. He was murdered in the January 2015 shooting attack on the ''Charlie Hebdo'' newspaper offices. Cabu was a staff cartoonist and shareholder at ''Charlie Hebdo''. Career Cabu started out studying art at the École Estienne in Paris and his drawings were first published by 1954 in a local newspaper. The Algerian War forced him to be conscripted in the army for over two years, where his talent was used in the army magazine ''Bled'' and in ''Paris Match''. His time in the army caused him to become a strident anti-militarist and adopt a slightly anarchistic view of society.Obituary in '' |
Albert Uderzo
Alberto Aleandro Uderzo (; ; 25 April 1927 – 24 March 2020), better known as Albert Uderzo, was a French comic book artist and scriptwriter. He is best known as the co-creator and illustrator of the ''Astérix'' series in collaboration with René Goscinny. He also drew other comics such as '' Oumpah-pah'', again with Goscinny. Uderzo retired in September 2011. Early life Uderzo was born in Fismes in the Marne department of France on 25 April 1927 as the fourth child of Italian immigrants Silvio Uderzo (1888–1985) and his wife Iria Uderzo (born Crestini, 1897–1997). His parents had met in 1915 in La Spezia, where Silvio Uderzo was recovering after he had been wounded in his service for the Royal Italian Army during World War I. Uderzo's mother, Iria Crestini, was working in the arsenals of La Spezia, along with many young Italian women at the time. Silvio was dismissed from military service after the end of the war, on 19 June 1919. The two became a couple and married short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astérix
''Asterix'' or ''The Adventures of Asterix'' (french: Astérix or , "Asterix the Gaul") is a ''bande dessinée'' comic book series about a village of indomitable Gaulish warriors who adventure around the world and fight the Roman Republic, with the aid of a magic potion, during the era of Julius Caesar, in an ahistorical telling of the time after the Gallic Wars. The series first appeared in the Franco-Belgian comic magazine ''Pilote'' on 29 October 1959. It was written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo until Goscinny's death in 1977. Uderzo then took over the writing until 2009, when he sold the rights to publishing company Hachette; he died in 2020. In 2013, a new team consisting of Jean-Yves Ferri (script) and Didier Conrad (artwork) took over. , 39 volumes have been released, with the most recent released in October 2021. Description Asterix comics usually start with the following introduction: '' The year is 50 BC. Gaul is entirely occupied by the Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaston Lagaffe
''Gaston'' is a Belgian gag-a-day comic strip created in 1957 by the Belgian cartoonist André Franquin in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine '' Spirou''. The series focuses on the everyday life of Gaston Lagaffe (whose surname means "the blunder"), a lazy and accident-prone office junior who works at ''Spirous office in Brussels. Gaston is very popular in large parts of Europe (especially in Belgium and France) and has been translated into over a dozen languages, but except for a few pages by Fantagraphics in the early 1990s (as ''Gomer Goof''), there was no English translation until Cinebook began publishing English language editions of Gaston books (again named 'Gomer Goof') in July, 2017. Since the 1980s Gaston has appeared on a wide variety of merchandise. Publication history André Franquin who was then in charge of ''Spirou et Fantasio'', the primary series of '' Spirou'' magazine, first introduced the character Gaston in issue n°985, published February 28, 1957. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opéra De Marseille
The Opéra de Marseille, known today as the Opéra Municipal, is an opera company located in Marseille, France. In 1685, the city was the second in France after Bordeaux to have an opera house which was erected on a tennis court. However, the first real theatre, the ''Grand-Théâtre'' or ''Salle Bauveau'' was constructed in 1787. During its period of great opulence following the Revolution, it was the site of many major opera presentations, including Verdi’s ''Rigoletto'' and ''Il Trovatore'' in 1860 and performances in 1866 of ''Lucia di Lammermoor'' and ''Il Barbiere di Siviglia'' by the famous soprano, Adelina Patti. Also, French premieres of major operatic works were given in the theatre: these include ''Aida'' (1877), ''La Fanciulla del West'' (1912), and an historic performance by Dame Nellie Melba in Ambroise Thomas’ ''Hamlet'' in 1890. Some years following the installation of electricity, in November 1919 a fire destroyed the 18th century theatre, leaving only its she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opéra De Nice
The Opéra de Nice is the principal opera venue in Nice, France, which houses the Ballet Nice Méditerrannée and the Nice Philharmonic Orchestra. It offers three types of performances: operas, ballets and classical music concerts. History The “petit théâtre en bois” (wooden theatre) was first created in 1776 by Marquess Alli-Maccarani. Sold in 1787 to a group of gentry,Pâris, Alain. Opéra de Nice. In: ''Dictionnaire des interprètes''. Éditions Robert Laffont, Paris, 1995, p1152-53. it reopened in 1790 under the name “Théâtre Royal”. In 1826, the city of Nice, encouraged by King Charles Félix, bought it from its owners and had it demolished and rebuilt. It was inaugurated in 1828 with Giovanni Pacini's ''Il Barone di Bolsheim''. In 1856, a great ball was organized in the honour of King Victor Emmanuel II. In 1860, Napoleon III was invited to attend an evening at the Théâtre Royal. For this special occasion, Johann Strauss led the orchestra. The same year, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Théâtre De Bordeaux
The Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux is an opera house in Bordeaux, France, first inaugurated on 17 April 1780. It was in this theatre that the ballet ''La fille mal gardée'' premiered in 1789, and where a young Marius Petipa staged some of his first ballets. The theatre was designed by the architect Victor Louis (1731–1800). Louis later designed the galleries surrounding, the gardens of the Palais Royal, and the Théâtre Français in Paris. The Grand Theatre of Bordeaux was conceived as a temple of the Arts and Light, with a neo-classical facade. It has a portico of 12 Corinthian style colossal columns which support an entablature on which stand 12 statues that represent the nine Muses and three goddesses (Juno, Venus and Minerva). Pierre-François Berruer made four of the statues, and his assistant Van den Drix carved the others from Berruer's models. The interior grand staircase served as a model for the grand staircase of the Opéra Garnier in Paris. On the ceiling of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opéra De Lille
The Opéra de Lille is a neo-classical opera house, built from 1907 to 1913 and officially inaugurated in 1923. Closed for renovation in 1998 it reopened in 2003 for Lille 2004. The Opéra de Lille is a member of the European Network for Opera, Music and Dance Education ( RESEO), and of Opera Europa. It is served by the metro stations Gare Lille-Flandres and Rihour. History Lille became French in 1668 through the Aix-la-Chapelle treaty. The classical singing activity grew quickly. Shows are organised in the city hall by the composer Pascal Collasse. In 1700, the opera room is destroyed and rebuilt thanks to a gift of 90,000 florins by Louis XIV. At the end of the 18th century, a bigger opera room is designed by the architect Lequeux, inaugurated in 1788. In 1903 fire destroyed the 1785 Lille opera house. For the replacement city officials chose architect Louis Marie Cordonnier by competition. Cordonnier's Belle Époque design features an elaborate pediment relief by sculpto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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