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Photos: EmMa, novembre 2013 ImMoD Presse

Le duc de Chartres, futur duc d’Orléans (1747-1793), achète en 1769 la terre de Monceau au lendemain de son mariage avec la princesse de Penthièvre et demande à Carmontelle d’y créer un lieu de plaisir et de rencontre adapté aux fêtes et aux spectacles. Louis Carrogis dit Carmontelle (1717-1806) ingénieur, topographe, écrivain, portraitiste et organisateur de fêtes créé un jardin pittoresque en juxtaposant des scènes qui donnent l’illusion de tous les temps et de tous les pays…

La suite sur le site de l’Association des Amis du Parc Monceau

In 1731, António Manoel de Vilhena, Grand Master of the Knights of Malta, commissioned and personally funded the construction of this central building to serve as a Public Theatre. It was constructed in just ten months. The Portuguese Grand Master built the theatre to keep the young knights of the Order of St. John out of mischief but also to provide the general public with "honest entertainment." This motto was inscribed above the main entrance to the theatre, which still reads today: "ad honestam populi oblectationem". The first performance on the 19th January 1732 was a classic Italian tragedy, Scipione Maffei’s Merope. The players in that production were the Knights themselves, and the set was designed by the Knights` chief architect, Francois Mondion.

The management of the theatre and the censorship of the performances was in the hands of a knight who was called “Il Protettore”.

In those days, opera performed by professionals was performed at least as often as drama. Works by the great master of "opera seria" Johann Adolf Hasse were often performed during the theatre’s early decades, but just as popular throughout the century was the rival "opera buffa" by leading composers like Nicolo` Piccinni, Baldassare Galuppi and Domenico Cimarosa.

The continuous theatrical exchange between Naples, Palermo and Valletta made Teatru Manoel a natural stepping stone for aspiring artists `to step up the ladder leading to Teatro alla La Scala or Royal Opera House Covent Garden.

ALBUM PHOTO (Emmanuel CRIVAT 2012)

Promotion pour l'album "BADEN-BADEN" :

Photos: EmMa, mai 2013 ImMoD Presse

Baden-Baden est une ville allemande, située au nord de la Forêt-Noire, dans le Land de Bade-Wurtemberg. La ville est connue en tant que centre de villégiature, station thermale et pour ses festivals internationaux. Petite promenade avant de continuer notre route vers le château des Hohenzollern.

Consulter l'album "BADEN-BADEN".

Le premier tuyau en fonte sort des lignes de production de l'usine de Pont-à-Mousson en 1866.

La société SAINT-GOBAIN PAM axe son développement sur l'émergence d'un produit emblématique : le tuyau en fonte dédié à l'adduction d'eau.

Reportage à Pont-à-Mousson, photos: Emmanuel CRIVAT-IONESCO (2012)