The Happy Life of a Duchess

It seems that everyone at the table has no particular preference for river and seafood.

About half the quantity chose cod and trout respectively.

Trout meat is paired with five fried small scallops. Although it is not as warm as fish, scallops are ingredients that can largely maintain the delicious taste of seafood itself. After proper frying, it is naturally delicious. Double well.

After taking a bite of the cod meat and making sure that the meat tasted right and was cooked properly, Adele finally felt very satisfied.

In this way, she can patiently and slowly dip the caviar topped with abalone sauce.

The umami of abalone is incomparable, which is a unique taste that cannot be matched by any other seafood sauce.

The juice collection is controlled just right, so that the taste of the sauce remains rich but not too naive, even if you try a little abalone sauce with empty mouth, you will not feel too uncomfortable.

This taste is just right. The particles of caviar made from this sauce burst in the mouth with the chewing action, followed by a more special fragrant and delicious taste that spreads in the mouth. After chewing, it becomes more and more elastic and chewy, as if chewing is full of infinite fun.

By this time, everyone had been eating for nearly two hours.

Almost by coincidence, they all slowed down their knives and forks, and they were basically full.

However, the delicious food in front of him still cannot be let down and cannot be discarded, and so is Adele.

She took a sip of the wine, smiled and slowed down, not because she stopped eating, but by chatting with the two sides or observing the situation at the table to prolong her meal time.

After all, she will definitely finish eating the cod, even if she doesn't do much with the next few dishes.

Adele glanced at the entire dining table, a small number of people were still eating slowly, and most of them had already held their knives and forks and did not move much, just talking to each other.

"I heard that the famous director has re-adapted "Hamlet". It seems that it will be screened at the Paris Opera House next week. Let's go to the opera together then?"

"Is it an opera?" Adele turned to look at Morgana upon hearing this, "Of course."

"It would be great if there was ballet." Morgana hurriedly followed, and Adele nodded in response, not being picky about the two.

However, ballet and opera have not been completely separated at present. Ballet is an art that combines various performance forms and cultures such as pantomime and dance. Louis XIV made great efforts to promote this popularity.

He himself also likes this dance very much, and he is also a dancer. He even founded a special Royal Dance School, and stipulated the relevant matters of ballet to make it more systematic. Today, that school still provides a steady stream of dancers to the Paris Opera House. excellent dancer.

"Two days ago, my brother took me to watch "Queen's Comedy and Ballet".

Morgana spoke naturally, so Adele turned to ask Armand.

The two smiled and talked for a while.

This is a lively and grand performance. Adele has also heard about the grand occasion at the Paris Opera House a few days ago. This is also one of the hot topics today. If Adele was not busy with the curtains two days ago, She will go to see too.

It is not a pure ballet performance, but a more popular form of ballet comedy. The biggest difference is that this content is richer, and there is a singing part, unlike the latter ones, which are just pantomime The form expresses the plot and then expresses emotion with dance to show beauty.

"I missed it." Adele had to say regretfully, "Fortunately, there are still a few games in the future."

"If you don't mind, I can take you to see it." The youngest son of the Dressel family over there extended an invitation to her with a smile.

Morgana glanced at her brother, and Armand immediately understood, and he quickly followed up and expressed that he wanted to invite her to watch the show together.

Adele smiled and nodded in agreement, without making any more promises, but the gentleman from the Woods family made an appointment with her very actively, so she could only nod, so several other gentlemen expressed their opinions one after another, Adele Passive commitment.

The ladies who were watching, especially those who were a little moved, nodded with satisfaction. They were very happy to see that the young people had finally "dated".

The waiter stepped forward just right, and filled up wine or punch for the ladies and wives.

The wives and Morgana both chose punch, a drink with less alcohol and more sweetness, while Adele chose Burgundy wine with a very mellow taste.

Wine, like plentiful food and skilled chefs, is regarded as a part that only nobles can enjoy, and it is also an aspect that can show the strength of noble families.

According to the current classification of wine, in Pensey's medical doctoral dissertation, wine is divided into five categories. *

Soft sugar wine, this wine is sweet and fragrant, especially popular with women, and rich in nutrition. Rioja wine, Alicante wine and Malaga wine are all in this category.

Wines with high alcohol content are used as medicines. Wines from Provence, Languedoc, and Roussillon are all of this kind. At the same time, it should be used with caution, because the effect is fast, and the effect is popular. Considered to be resolvable to exercise-induced fatigue.

Aromatic wine is the most suitable for drinking, and it is basically recognized as the best and most useful wine, usually referring to Burgundy wine.It's just that Burgundy wines are less nutritious than sweet wines, but more exciting.

Wines with a lot of water and slightly sour are thirst-quenching and have few nutrients. For example, champagne, sparkling wine, Barrie's wine and Mosel wine are all classified into this category.

Wines that contain a lot of extracts: these wines are not tasty and are not digestible, it is best to let these wines from Bordeaux, Rhine and Roussillon be stored for many years and let them ferment for a long time to become high wines Take it again.

Judging by everyone's words and expressions, it is obvious that they are as satisfied with the drinks as they are with the food.

Some gentlemen have already drank two bottles of low-alcohol Provence wine, and the ladies are more reserved. However, a dozen empty bottles undoubtedly indicate that everyone has actually drank a lot, and it is even more violent, but this is a kind of wine. daily habits.

Although when it comes to being a guest at someone's home, it is impossible for the other host's house to provide all the things that meet the needs and preferences of the guest, unless the guest asks for it in advance, but this is a relatively rude behavior, and no one will do this.

But Adele has done her best in this aspect, and she has also seen that different guests have different needs and preferences for wine.

These will have servants to carefully remember the habits of the guests, so that they can be more complete when entertaining guests next time. If there is no accident, among the guests they may entertain in the future, there will definitely be those who are present now. Everyone's.

Adele cut a piece of fish and dipped it in some caviar. It was already cold, but for her, it was fine to eat it raw. This kind of delicacy did not fade too much due to a slight change in temperature. She still enjoyed the food very much. process.

With the mention of the ballet comedy and the repertoire of several recent theater releases, the conversation naturally started.

As one of the necessary items of daily entertainment, watching a theater has almost become an item that everyone will do, but some people can go every week or every day, while others can't.

Adele didn't go so diligently, but it wasn't too rare.

She is happy to discover and observe the differences between current dramas and modern dramas, which is extremely fun for her.

There is no distinction between the two, but there is a subtle sense of time and space interlaced.

"I quite like the heroine in "The Queen's Comedy." Morgana commented with a smile, "She also danced in "Don Quixote."

"It's the one called Fiona... I remember she's quite famous." Someone continued the discussion.

"I would say that the actress danced very well in "Don Quixote," but she performed even better in "Giselle." Madame Castellana added.

"No one's ballet is as elegant and beautiful as her jumping. The body lines and the completion of the movements are amazing!"

"I love 'Giselle' too, which is great, we can go together next time."

Mrs. Fitch also followed up with a compliment, and she said it to Mrs. Woods next to her.

Mrs. Captain Woods has not seen this new ballet that was screened last year. Because there is no singing part, she has a relatively conservative attitude and did not go to see this new thing.

"I like that music," Adele continued with a smile, "Mr. Adolf is indeed very talented in music, especially the arrangement of the violin, which really touches my heartstrings. Of course, the script is also very good. I have always liked Hugo Sir's poem "Phantom," he is a very talented gentleman."

"Yes, this drama is really good. I was moved and cried when I watched it."

Mrs. Castellana patted her chest exaggeratedly, as if she recalled the unfortunate love tragedy, and felt a little sad again. The people next to her immediately persuaded her when they saw it, saying that they wanted to go and see together.

The new track "Giselle" is not a ballet comedy, but a new style of pure ballet.

The debate on whether ballet should be pure dance or the performance of ballet comedy has not stopped until now, rather it has intensified.

Therefore, some people have a very conservative attitude towards this new type of drama, and even say that they may have opposing views. Of course, they may not like this kind of "pantomime".

But "Giselle" itself is of super quality, it is a classic track that can stand the test of time, and it is also a famous work that fans all over the world like very much.

Adele knows that the ballet dance in the future will inevitably become a unique and magnificent treasure, and become an excellent dance and artistic expression that integrates the strengths of all families and is self-contained.

As she was speaking, she suddenly felt a gaze. Adele put down the wine glass in her hand and looked up.

Mr. Duval, who was sitting opposite, was looking at this with a smile on his face. This was the first "official" contact between the two of them during dinner tonight, and she was delighted.

He smiled and toasted with her, Adele raised the glass in hand without much hesitation.

The two toasted from afar and smiled.

Immediately drank it down.

The author has something to say:

"Queen's Comedy Ballet": It was performed in the main hall of the Petit Bourbon Palace on October 1581, 10, hosted by the Queen Mother, for the wedding celebration of King Henry III's Queen Louise's sister Marguerite.The king, queen mother and some distinguished guests sit on the altar at one end of the hall, the other end of the hall is the set of the banshee palace, and the middle of the hall is set and props such as bushes, fountains and running water.

A mixture of music, singing, recital, dance and acrobatics, this ballet tells the story of the banshee Sirse who conquers Apollo and many gods, but she has to submit to His Majesty the King of France.The ballet ends with a ballet of grand celebration.Queen Louise also attended the show in her golden car.The performance started at 10 pm and ended at 4 am the next day, costing a total of 500 million francs.It is said that tens of thousands of spectators watched the performance.

The play was written and directed by Beaujoyeulx from Italy.He claimed that the title of the ballet "Comedy-Ballet" was to show that ballet and theater (comedy, as they are called in France) had been combined into a unity.The quality of the performance, and its magnificence, far surpassed any previous court entertainment.Moreover, this dance drama directly extols the power and dignity of the French king, and has distinct political and ideological connotations.

Ballet historians believe that this "comedy ballet" is known as the world's first true ballet work because it has only one dramatic theme and the performance form is more complete than before.

"Giselle": a representative work of romantic ballet, won the reputation of "Crown of Ballet".Created jointly by Jane Clary and Jules Perrault, it is based on "Elves of Nature" by German poet Heine (1787-1856) and the poem "Ghost" in "Oriental Collection" by French writer Victor Hugo , the script was completed by Théophile Gautier and others, and the music was composed by Adolphe Adam.The play premiered in Paris, France in June 1841.For the first time, this ballet heroine faces severe challenges in both acting skills and dancing skills.Ballet is a romantic tragedy that is both legendary and secular, from which we can see the two sides of romanticism: light and darkness, life and death.The first act is full of idyllic scenery, and the second act unfolds various dances with supernatural imagination, especially the female group dance of the ghosts, which has become a model.For a century and a half, famous ballerinas have performed "Giselle" as their highest artistic pursuit.

Doctor Poncet from Chaumont, who published a medical treatise on wines in the 8th year of the First Republic (1799.9.22-1800.9.22), personally preferred the aromatic wines of Burgundy.