Fisch-Ton-Kan
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Fisch-Ton-Kan is an opéra bouffe in one act by Emmanuel Chabrier of which only some numbers survive. The French libretto was by Paul Verlaine, and probably Lucien Viotti, after the 'parade chinoise' F
The composer in 1882
The young Paul Verlaine.
Plaque at the French Ministry of the Interior, where Chabrier was working when he composed Fisch-Ton-Kan.
Paul Verlaine
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Paul Marie Verlaine was a French poet, writer and critic associated with the Symbolist, Parnassianist and Decadent movements. He is considered one of the paramount exponents of the fin de siècle in Fr
Verlaine's birthplace in Metz, today a museum dedicated to his life and œuvre
Plaque in Brussels marking the building where Verlaine shot Rimbaud
By the table, an 1872 painting by Henri Fantin-Latour. Verlaine is on the far left and Rimbaud is at the second to the left.
Verlaine in 1893; photograph by Otto Wegener