Fernand CortezAfter his Neapolitan training Gaspare Spontini settled in Paris for a few years, where he was nominated "compositeur particulier de la chambre" of Empress Josephine, Napoleon's wife. It was indeed Napoleon who, in 1808, commissioned him the opera, Fernand Cortez, ou La conquete du Mexique, of which he attended the 28th November 1809 premiere. The strongly idealized figure of Cortez, presented as a brave, wise and merciful general, predestined to

" The finale is a piece of the soul blues lexicon that has been bandied about for years

continuing her studies with Bruno Mezzena at the Accademia Musicale Pescarese

It was a success that was built on the work that was done in the late 1960s

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and a phenomenal cast of character actors

a key figure of the twentieth century

Lynn Anderson was born on 26th September 1947 in Grand Forks North Dakota but raised in California and is responsible for one of the best-known Country songs of all time

Agatha Christie

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producer Gene Gutowski

Everyone in eighteenth-century Paris was familiar with and fond of the songs known as brunettes and petits airs tendres

and not without tragedy