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Call My Agent! (French: Dix pour cent, lit. 'Ten Percent') is a French comedy-drama television series that premiered on France 2 on 14 October 2015. The series depicts talent agents at the fictional agency ASK (Agence Samuel Kerr) and their relationships with their actor clients, who are real, mainly French, celebrities playing themselves.
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (French: [pjɛʁ bomaʁʃɛ]; in full: [pjeʁoɡystɛ̃ kaʁɔ̃ də bomaʁʃɛ]; 24 January 1732 – 18 May 1799) was a French polymath.At various times in his life, he was a watchmaker, inventor, playwright, musician, diplomat, spy, publisher, horticulturist, arms dealer, satirist, financier and revolutionary (both French and American).
See media help. " Largo al factotum " (Make way for the factotum) is an aria ( cavatina) from The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini, sung at the first entrance of the title character, Figaro. The repeated "Figaro"s before the final patter section are an icon in popular culture of operatic singing. The term " factotum " refers to a general ...
Le Figaro has described Nakamura as a polarising figure in France. [51] Her lyrics in particular have been the subject of much debate in the country. Detractors consider that her use of slang devalues the French language, with some, such as far-right commentator and politician Éric Zemmour , calling her lyrics "a foreign language". [ 50 ]
See media help. " Non più andrai " (You shall go no more) is an aria for bass from Mozart's 1786 opera The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492. The Italian libretto was written by Lorenzo Da Ponte based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro (1784). It is sung by Figaro at the end of the first act.
Gnossiennes. The Gnossiennes ( French pronunciation: [ɡnosjɛn]) are several piano compositions by the French composer Erik Satie in the late 19th century. The works are for the most part in free time (lacking time signatures or bar divisions) and highly experimental with form, rhythm and chordal structure. The form was invented by Satie but ...
Figaro, a kingdom in the video game Final Fantasy VI; Galileo Figaro, character from the stage musical We Will Rock You; MDR Figaro, German broadcaster Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk's cultural radio channel; Figaro, a 1929 French silent historical comedy film; Figaro, movie production company of Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1 May 1786 (1786-05-01) Burgtheater, Vienna. The Marriage of Figaro (Italian: Le nozze di Figaro, pronounced [le ˈnɔttse di ˈfiːɡaro] ⓘ ), K. 492, is a commedia per musica ( opera buffa) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premiered at the Burgtheater in ...