Concerts
From 7 April to 20 June 2016
"THE NAPOLEONIC LEGEND IN MUSIC"
A series of nine concerts will recount the Napoleonic legend and the spirit of a prolific period of music featuring fantastic soloists including Karine Deshayes, Romain Leleu, François-René Duchâble and François Salque.
Beethoven and the Emperor.
Thursday 7 April 2016 at 8pm.
Cathédrale Saint-Louis des Invalides
Cost : Cat. 1 : 30 € / Cat. 2 : 20 € / Cat. 3 : 9 €.
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Symphonie fantastique (Fantastical Symphony), Op. 14 by Hector Berlioz.
Tuesday 12 April 2016 at 8pm.
Cathédrale Saint-Louis des Invalides
Cost : Cat. 1 : 15 € / Cat. 2 : 9 €.
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Nuits d’été (Summer Nights), Op. 7 by Hector Berlioz.
With Karine Deshayes. Thursday 21 April 2016 at 8pm.
Cathédrale Saint-Louis des Invalides
Cost : Cat. 1 : 30 € / Cat. 2 : 20 € / Cat. 3 : 9 €.
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Symphonie funèbre et triomphale (Grand Funeral and Triumphal Symphony), Op. 15 by Hector Berlioz.
Thursday 12 May 2016 at 8pm.
Cathédrale Saint-Louis des Invalides
Cost : Cat. 1 : 15 € / Cat. 2 : 9 €.
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François-René Duchâble, piano.
Thursday 19 May 2016 at 8pm.
Cathédrale Saint-Louis des Invalides
Cost : Cat. 1 : 30 € / Cat. 2 : 20 € / Cat. 3 : 9 €.
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The Napoleonic Legend. Part One.
Friday 27 May 2016 at 8pm.h
Grand salon
Cost : Cat. 1 : 15 € / Cat. 2 : 9 €.
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The Requiem in C minor for mixed chorus by Luigi Cherubini.
Tuesday 31 May 2016 at 8pm.
Cathédrale Saint-Louis des Invalides
Cost : Cat. 1 : 30 € / Cat. 2 : 20 € / Cat. 3 : 9 €.
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The Napoleonic Legend. Part Two.
Monday 6 June 2016 at 8pm.
Grand salon
Cost : Cat. 1 : 15 € / Cat. 2 : 9 €.
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Bivouacking with Arnaud Marzorati.
Monday 20 June 2016 at 8pm.
Grand salon
Cost : Cat. 1 : 15 € / Cat. 2 : 9 €.
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Events for children and their familie
Fun tours of the special exhibition Napoleon in Saint Helena.
Tuesday 19 April at 2pm.
Cost : 7 € per child / 8,50 € per adult (special exhibition only).
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Fun tours of the special exhibition Napoleon in Saint Helena.
Monday 25 April at 2pm.
Cost : 7 € per child / 8,50 € per adult (special exhibition only).
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Fun tours of the special exhibition Napoleon in Saint Helena.
Thursday 28 April at 2pm.
Cost : 7 € per child / 8,50 € per adult (special exhibition only).
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Fun tours of the special exhibition Napoleon in Saint Helena.
Wednesday 18 May at 2pm.
Cost : 7 € per child / 8,50 € per adult (special exhibition only).
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Fun tours of the special exhibition Napoleon in Saint Helena.
Wednesday 8 June at 2pm.
Cost : 7 € per child / 8,50 € per adult (special exhibition only).
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Fun tours of the special exhibition Napoleon in Saint Helena.
Wednesday 22 June at 2pm.
Cost : 7 € per child / 8,50 € per adult (special exhibition only).
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Tours start at 2pm and last 90 minutes.
Guided tours
Visits organized by Cultival.Booking : http://www.cultival.fr
Conferences
To tie in with the exhibition, Musée de l’Armée is organising a series of four conferences in partnership with the Paris Municipal Adult Education University entitled The Eagle on the Island. The aim of the series is to understand how the activities of Napoleon and his entourage on Saint Helena resonated with the rest of the world, leaving significant traces behind, some of which still stoke our interest today, nearly 200 years after his death.« Save Napoleon I’s Residence on St Helena »: the story of a successful enterprise.
Thursday 19 May 2016 at 1:45pm.
Auditorium Austerlitz
Cost: free, booking is mandatory.
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The writing workshop of St Helena.
Friday 20 May 2016 at 1:45pm.
Auditorium Austerlitz
Cost: free, booking is mandatory.
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St Helena, the Legend and the Works.
Monday 23 May 2016 at 1:45pm.
Auditorium Austerlitz
Cost: free, booking is mandatory.
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Napoleon’s family in the face of the Emperor’s exile on St Helena.
Monday 30 May 2016 at 1:45pm.
Auditorium Austerlitz
Cost: free, booking is mandatory.
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Cinema
Since the dawn of silent cinema, the island of Saint Helena and its prisoner, Napoleon, have been immortalised on screen by cinema, be it German, American, Italian or French. In a filmography about this subject featuring no less than 15 films and telefilms, this film series offers spectators a chance to rediscover two of them.Monsieur N
Directed by Antoines de Caunes (2003).
Friday 3 June 2016 at 20:00.
Auditorium Austerlitz
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Le drame de Sainte-Hélène (The St Helena Tragedy)
Directed by Guy Lessertisseur (1961).
Friday 10 June 2016 at 8pm.
Auditorium Austerlitz
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