TheCollector on MSN1 个月
Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
One of the Age of Revolution’s more unexpected chapters occurred in 1830-1831 with the Belgian Revolution. In 1830, France’s ...
BBC4 年
Why Belgian struggle for identity could tear country apart
about the story of revolution he wasn't impressed. Peter de Roover complains that the Flemish majority in Belgium is not represented in the new government "Bad opera," he told me, "and bad country".
Moviefone4 个月
An Opera That Sparked a Revolution
At its premiere in Brussels in 1831, the audience was so outraged by the girl who suffers and cannot express it, that they marched to the Palace of Justice and triggered the Belgian Revolution ...