At the end of the performance of Handel’s Semele, the singers come back on the stage of the Archbishop’s palace to take a bow. The tenor Rockwell Blake (born 1951) sang the part of Jupiter while the soprano Rosemary Joshua (born 1964) sang the title role. July 1996. A la fin de la représentation de…
Dutch people use their bikes to go to work, school or the shops. This is not only because the Netherlands is mainly flat, but also because they enjoy the most extensive cycle network in the world. February 2014. Les Hollandais utilisent leurs vélos pour aller au travail, à l’école ou faire les courses. Ce n’est…
That afternoon, the small city of Archipolis was extremely quiet. Until I saw this group of people coming out of the main church to follow a funeral procession. August 2014. Cet après-midi, la petite ville d’Archipolis était extrêmement calme. Jusqu’au moment où j’ai vu ce groupe de gens sortir de l’église principale pour suivre un…
A visitor discovers the new exhibition at the Picasso Museum that reopens its door on October 25. The painting he is watching is a study for ‘The Young Ladies of Avignon’. October 2014. Un visiteur découvre le nouvel accrochage du Musée Picasso qui réouvre ses portes le 25 octobre. L’oeuvre qu’il regarde est une étude…
Half of the inhabitants in the village of Ormeniș, like these kids, are Roma. The village used to be known as a Saxon village. In the 1990’s, there were some incentives to encourage the German speaking population to migrate to Germany after centuries spent in Romania. This is the time when the Roma started to…
Peter the Great founded the Russian Navy, and St Petersburg remains the home of the fleet. It was common to see many sailors on the Nevski Prospect. May 1996. Pierre le Grand a fondé la Marine russe et Saint-Pétersbourg reste le port d’attache de la flotte. Il est courant de croiser beaucoup de marins sur…
