The Great Comet of 1811, [4] formally designated C/1811 F1, is a comet that was visible to the naked eye for around 260 days, the longest recorded period of visibility until the appearance of Comet Hale–Bopp in 1997.

Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (or simply The Great Comet) is a sung-through musical adaptation of a 70-page segment from Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel War and Peace. The show was written by composer, lyricist, playwright, orchestrator Dave Malloy and originally directed by Rachel Chavkin .

The comet of which we arc about to collect a history is the largest that has been seen since that of 1680, and as its perihelion distance from the sun is nearly two hundred times greater we may suppose its heat to have been proportionably less; and the idea of its having contributed to the mildness of the early part of our winter, consequently ...

From the celebrated composer Dave Malloy comes Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, an electropop opera based on a scandalous slice of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace. Young and impulsive Natasha Rostova arrives in Moscow to await the return of her fiancé from the front lines.

Comet 12P/Pons–Brooks was discovered on 12 July 1812, by Jean-Louis Pons. Independently, this comet was later found by Vincent Wisniewski on 1 August, and Alexis Bouvard on 2 August the same year. The comet was spotted with the naked eye on 13 August and by the end of the month a tail measuring 2 degrees in length was reported. [15] .

2017年8月9日 · Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812 was supposed to be the next Hamilton. It was going to invigorate Broadway and attract younger and more diverse audiences — and it almost succeeded....

After two smash-hit sold out runs, and critical and audience raves, this amazing theatrical experience is BACK FOR ANOTHER ENCORE! Be transported into this mesmerizing world of passion, love, and intrigue in this Tony Award-winning musical, inspired by a scandalous slice of Tolstoy’s War & Peace.

C/1811 F1 (Great Comet) Discovery. H. Flaugergues (Viviers, France) discovered this comet in the evening sky on March 25, 1811, in the now defunct constellation Argo Navis. The orbit indicates the comet was discovered when situated 2.72 AU from the sun or …

Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace bursts off the page in the dazzling, vibrant Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812. In Europe, the Napoleonic Wars are raging, but in Moscow, the opulent, glittering world of Russia’s elite parties under the magical glow of the Great Comet.

2018年10月9日 · ‘Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812’ (known as ‘Great Comet’) is a theatre adaptation of Volume II, Part V of Leo Tolstoy’s ‘War and Peace’ told predominantly through song. The adaptation was written and composed in 2012 by Dave Malloy, who has described ‘Great Comet’ as an “electropop opera”.