Patrice Chéreau (born 1944) is a French director and film maker. 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
One of his biggest successes was his 1976 staging of Richard Wagner's tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Bayreuth Festival, in a centennial production conducted by Pierre Boulez. 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner (May 22, 1813 – February 13, 1883) was an influential German composer, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his groundbreaking symphonic-operas (or music dramas). His compositions are notable for their continuous contrapuntal texture, rich harmonies and orchestration, and elaborate use of leitmotifs: themes associated... Der Ring des Nibelungen or, in the translated English, The Ring of the Nibelung, is a series of four epic operas. ... The annual Bayreuth Festival in Bayreuth, Germany attracts visitors from all over the world. ... Pierre Boulez (IPA: /pjɛʁ. ...
Films
1974 La Chair de l'orchidée, after James Hadley Chase's novel The Flesh of the Orchid
Queen Margot (Original French title La Reine Margot) is a 1994 French-German-Italian film, based on the 1845 historical novel Queen Margot by Alexandre Dumas. ... Hanif Kureishi is a Pakistani-British playwright, author, and director. ... Intimacy is the basis of friendship and one of the bases of love. ...