ça ira
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The slaves then celebrate, singing in garbled French and dancing to the Revolutionary song “Ça Ira.”
From The New Yorker
While digging and hauling wheelbarrows to level the ground, they sang, notably a new political song, Ça ira, which essentially means "things will work out."
From Time
Roger Waters was in Nashville last year attending the U.S. premiere of his opera about the French Revolution, "Ca Ira," when he bumped into Goldenvoice chief Paul Tollett in an elevator.
From Los Angeles Times
As Ms. McKenzie talked, she often paused to greet theater directors and artists from all over the world, many coming to see a matinee of Joël Pommerat’s epic French Revolution drama, “Ça Ira.”
From New York Times
As in “Hamilton,” the smash Broadway hip-hop musical that netted 16 Tony nominations this year, the 14 actors in “Ça ira” developed some of the dialogue with weeks of improvisation during rehearsals.
From New York Times
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