A coachman turns opera star.
7. Le postillon de Lonjumeau (Adolphe Adam)
Author: Nicholas Fuller
06. Djamileh (Georges Bizet) / La princesse jaune (Camille Saint-Saëns)
French fascination with the Middle East and Japan.
5. Hélène (Camille Saint-Saëns)
Was this the face that launch’d a thousand ships and burnt the topless towers of Ilium? The face that set ablaze a small box of matches, more like.
