photo: AP / Philippe Wojazer
13 Apr 2013
Since May his appearances have been few and far between ... Its a more relaxed, care-free image ... "The game is to entertain the thought of a comeback," said Pierre Rousselin, commentator for the right wing newspaper Le Figaro ... Not a bit of it ... "The problem for Mr Copé is that even though Mr Hollande is performing so poorly in the polls, his UMP party is not climbing in the polls!" said Le Figaro's Pierre Rousselin ... ....(size: 5.7Kb)
Bloomberg
13 Apr 2013
A Pablo Picasso painting valued at 50 million pounds ($77 million) has been sold privately by Christie’s International after U.K. institutions failed to raise the necessary funds to keep it in the country ... collection ... Paris 1901” exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery, ending on May 26. U.K ... “Child with a Dove” has been bought by the emirate of Qatar, the French daily newspaper Le Figaro said on April 10 ... U.K.-based buyers have until Jan ... ....(size: 2.8Kb)
Syracuse
12 Apr 2013
The couple-to-be, soprano Amanda Pabyan, as Susanna, and bass-baritone Thomas Forde, as Figaro, will be there ... “The Marriage of Figaro” will be performed at 8 p.m....(size: 1.0Kb)
France24
12 Apr 2013
The Guardian
12 Apr 2013
Le Figaro in France reports that the Gulf emirate Qatar has bought this much-loved painting for £50m – the same amount paid to purchase Titian's Diana and Actaeon for British museums in 2009 ... Paris, lending credence to Le Figaro's story that it has acquired Picasso's painting of a small child with innocent eyes, a colourful ball and a gentle dove....(size: 2.8Kb)
Syracuse
12 Apr 2013
. Syracuse -- Cathy Wolff, general and artistic director of Syracuse Opera, is leaving her position after almost 17 years. Wolff announced her departure in an email. She wrote ... Hagen said Wolff’s departure does not affect Syracuse Opera’s upcoming production of Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” on April 26 and 28 ... . ....(size: 1.7Kb)
noodls
12 Apr 2013
(Source. Oklahoma Baptist University). April 12, 2013. OBU student Ashlynn Streck will perform her senior vocal recital Tuesday, April 23, at 7.30 p.m. in Yarborough Auditorium in Raley Chapel on the OBU campus ... She performed as a mezzo-soprano soloist in Handel's "Messiah"; Little Red in Sondheim's "Into the Woods"; Cherubino in Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro"; and Denise in Offenbach's "The Lantern Marriage." ... distributed by ... (noodl....(size: 2.6Kb)
Knox News
12 Apr 2013
The Maryville College-Community Concert Band, under the direction of Tom Delozier, will present a “Sousa Style” spring concert at 7.30 p.m. April 18 in the Clayton Center for the Arts’ Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre ... Other selections include Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro Overture, Percy Grainger’s Country Gardens, Gustav Holst’s Second Suite in F, Jay Dawson’s arrangement of Tennessee Salute and Samuel A. Ward’s America the Beautiful ... ....(size: 2.7Kb)
BBC News
12 Apr 2013
A Pablo Picasso painting that has been in Britain since 1924 looks destined for Qatar after attempts to buy it back from a private collector failed. Child With A Dove was sold last year for a reported £50m but the government placed an export bar on the work in the hope a British buyer could be found ... He said ... 'Serious player' ... According to French newspaper Le Figaro, Child With A Dove had been bought by a collector in Qatar ... Paris 1901 ... ....(size: 3.0Kb)
The Independent
12 Apr 2013
One of the best loved works by Pablo Picasso on display in Britain is set to leave the country next month with Qatar its likely destination ... Le Figaro in France yesterday reported that one of the most important early Picasso works had been acquired by Qatar for £50m, and follows works by Mark Rothko and Paul Cezanne ... It marks the move into the artist’s blue period ... Lord Inglewood, chair of the Reviewing Committee told The Independent....(size: 3.5Kb)
The Independent
12 Apr 2013
One of the best-loved works by Pablo Picasso on display in Britain is set to leave the country next month with Qatar its likely destination ... Le Figaro reported that the significant early work had been acquired by Qatar for £50m, and follows pieces by Mark Rothko and Paul Cézanne into the collection controlled by the royal family ... It marks the move into the artist’s Blue Period ... Paris 1901 ... The Picasso expert Gijs van Hensbergen said ... ....(size: 3.6Kb)
The Guardian
12 Apr 2013
The German and even Italian press hail Bayern's dominance over Juve, while the Spanish papers praise Messi the messiah ... Photograph. Giuseppe Cacace/AFP/Getty Images ... 'veni, vidi, vici' ... PSG's sporting director, Leonardo, drew positives from the strong message the club had sent out to future opponents from their double confrontation with Barcelona; telling Le Figaro's Vincent Duchesme that "it is only the beginning of something" ... ....(size: 3.8Kb)
Sydney Morning Herald
12 Apr 2013
BIGAS LUNA, 1946-2013. Bigas Luna was an iconoclastic film director who emerged after the Franco dictatorship to portray the new Spain as engagingly and perplexingly robust, and later discovered the stars Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem ... penis ... Claude Baignères of the French newspaper Le Figaro praised it as, “a truly Spanish film with sun, sex, provocation and no small dose of the irrational.” ... Tweet. ....(size: 5.0Kb)
