The Comedians of the King c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1) torn apart by bullets

torn apart by bullets

and for an Italian

her competitive model flatmates and her errant grandmother’s ‘chaperoning’

Using Richard's own words

The Comedians of the King c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1) torn apart by bulletsOpera in ancien rgime France was an eminently political art, tied to the demands of court spectacle. This was true not only of tragic opera (tragdie lyrique) but also its comic counterpart, opra comique, a theatrical form tracing its roots to the seasonal trade fairs of Paris. While historians have long privileged the genres popular origins, opra comique was brought under the protection of the French crown in 1762, thus consolidating a new venue where