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Corneille

American  
[kawr-ney, kawr-ne-yuh] / kɔrˈneɪ, kɔrˈnɛ jə /

noun

  1. Pierre 1606–84, French dramatist and poet.


Corneille British  
/ kɔrnɛj /

noun

  1. Pierre (pjɛr). 1606–84, French tragic dramatist often regarded as the founder of French classical drama. His plays include Médée (1635), Le Cid (1636), Horace (1640), and Polyeucte (1642)

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The voice was created in collaboration with sound designers Corneille Houssou, Nicolas Becker and Cyril Holtz and the Haitian poet Makenzy Orcel, who recorded the text co-written with Diop.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 2, 2024

Born in 1760, a French-assimilated Italian who straddled music’s Classical and Romantic eras, Cherubini premiered his “Médée” in 1797 from a French libretto inspired by both the Euripides and Corneille tragedies.

From New York Times Sep. 25, 2022

The head of Ceni at the time of its dealings with Sud Oil, Corneille Nangaa, declined to comment on the payment, citing parliamentary confidentiality rules.

From BBC Nov. 18, 2021

Corneille Nangaa, the head of Ceni, said: “We ask the nation to remain patient for the time it will take to consolidate all our data.”

From The Guardian Jan. 6, 2019

Derived from France, where the opera gained great favor and attracted the services of Corneille and Quinault, the English species was closely related to two national forms of drama, the masque and the tragedy.

From Tragedy by Thorndike, Ashley H.

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