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Overture (from French ouverture, lit. "opening") is a music instrumental introduction to a ballet, opera, or oratorio in the 17th century.
Ouverture means opening, action of opening, or openness in English. Learn how to use it in different contexts with synonyms, translations, and examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.
feminine noun. 1. [de frontières, magasins] opening. heures d’ouverture opening times. jours d’ouverture days of opening. l’ouverture des magasins le dimanche Sunday trading. 2. (Photography) aperture. ouverture du diaphragme aperture. 3. ouverture d’esprit open-mindedness. 4. (Politics) l’ouverture the widening of the political spectrum. 5.
Learn the meaning of ouverture, a French word for overture, especially in music. Find out how to use it in a sentence and see examples of ouvertures in classical music.
François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture (French: [fʁɑ̃swa dɔminik tusɛ̃ luvɛʁtyʁ], English: / ˌ l uː v ər ˈ tj ʊər /) also known as Toussaint L'Ouverture or Toussaint Bréda (20 May 1743 – 7 April 1803), was a Haitian general and the most prominent leader of the Haitian Revolution.
Mar 17, 2022 · Join Jennifer Saunders for ‘From Couch to Opera House (in 7 weeks)’ on Classic FM with the English National Opera, every Sunday evening from 9pm–10pm, or catch up on Global Player. We countdown the best opera overtures ever written – from Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, to Bizet’s Carmen.
May 21, 2024 · Toussaint Louverture, leader of the Haitian independence movement during the French Revolution (1787–99). He emancipated the enslaved peoples and negotiated for the French colony on Hispaniola, Saint-Domingue (later Haiti), to be governed, briefly, by the formerly enslaved as a French protectorate.
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