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Les Azuriales Opera
Les Azuriales Opera is an Anglo-French organisation that focuses on finding outstanding young artists and making a significant difference to their early operatic careers. Its activities take place in Cap Ferrat, Villefranche-sur-Mer and London. Young Artist Programme Les Azuriales Young Artist Programme, lasting approximately two weeks, takes place each year in August at the Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild on Cap Ferrat, and the in Villefranche-sur-Mer, both on the Côte d'Azur near Nice in France. The programme consists of a singing competition (with prizes of €10,000), public and private masterclasses and an opera performance put together from scratch in a week. Each year more than 100 singers from around the world are auditioned and 8 to 10 are chosen to become Les Azuriales Young Artists. Les Azuriales has strong links with South Korea, South Africa, Armenia and Russia. The distinguished givers of its public master classes and private workshops have included: Lucy Arner, Sall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villa Ephrussi De Rothschild
The Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, also called Villa Île-de-France, is a French seaside villa located at Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat on the French Riviera. Designed by the French architect Aaron Messiah, it was built between 1907 and 1912 by Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild, Baroness Béatrice de Rothschild (1864–1934). A member of the Mayer Amschel Rothschild family, Rothschild banking family and the wife of the banker Maurice Ephrussi, Baron Maurice de Ephrussi, Béatrice de Rothschild built her rose-colored villa on a promontory on the isthmus of Cap Ferrat overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. The Baroness filled the mansion with antique furniture, Old Master paintings, sculptures, ''Objet d'art, objets d'art'' and assembled an extensive collection of rare porcelain. The gardens are classified by the Ministry of Culture (France), Ministry of Culture as one of the List of Remarkable Gardens of France, Remarkable Gardens of France, whilst the villa itself has been classified as a ''monu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
