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Nicolas Achten (born 25 September 1985, in Brussels) is a Belgian conductor, singer, lutenist, and harpist mainly working in historically informed performance.
Achten is a visiting professor at the University of East Anglia and at the Flanders Operastudio. [1]
The Year of the Three Emperors, or the Year of the Three Kaisers, refers to the year 1888 during the German Empire in German history. The year is considered to have memorable significance because of the deaths of two German Emperors, or Kaisers, leading to a rapid succession of three monarchs within one year. The three different emperors who ruled over Germany during this year were Wilhelm I, Frederick III and Wilhelm II. The mnemonic "drei Achten, drei Kaiser" is still used today in Germany by children and adults alike to learn the year in question.
Belgium competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 101 competitors, 93 men and 8 women, took part in 64 events in 16 sports.
Belgium competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden. 54 competitors, 51 men and 3 women, took part in 37 events in 12 sports.
Emil Fischer, was a German dramatic bass or bass-baritone, born in Braunschweig. His parents were Friedrich and Caroline Fischer-Achten, both opera singers.
Orrori dell'Amore or Was hast du mit meinem Herz getan? is the original soundtrack of the film Marie Antoinette is Not Dead, written & directed by Irma Achten, produced by 'Kees Kasander and Dennis Wigman, with an orchestral songbook (orchestral lieder) for vocal soloists and chamber orchestra by Nicholas Lens.
Schwabstedt is a municipality in the district of Northern Frisia (Nordfriesland), in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Euridice is an opera in a prologue and one act by the Italian composer Giulio Caccini. The libretto, by Ottavio Rinuccini, had already been set by Caccini's rival Jacopo Peri in 1600. Caccini's version of Euridice was first performed at the Pitti Palace, Florence, on 5 December 1602. Caccini hurriedly prepared the score for the press and published it six weeks before Peri's version appeared.
Babs is a 2000 Dutch musical comedy film written and directed by Irma Achten, based on the story of Adam and Eve.
Volley Lindemans Aalst is a volleyball club based in Aalst, Belgium.
Roger Achten was a Belgian fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics.
The men's épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics programme. It was the thirteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 5 to 6 September 1960. 79 fencers from 32 nations competed. Each nation was limited to three fencers. The event was won by Giuseppe Delfino of Italy, the nation's sixth consecutive victory in the men's épée. Delfino, who had taken silver in 1956, was the seventh man to win multiple medals in the event. Silver went to Allan Jay of Great Britain and bronze to Bruno Habārovs of the Soviet Union, the first-ever medal in the event for both nations. It was the first time during Italy's gold-medal streak that the nation did not have a second medalist as well.
Alexander Achten is a German-born Argentine fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team sabre event at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Irma Achten is a Dutch film maker and writer.
Achten is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Claire is an electropop band from Munich, Germany.
Wilhelm Karl August Drumann was a German classical historian.
Events in the year 1985 in Belgium.
The term Sklavenkasse was a travel and ransom insurance scheme designated to pay ransom for European seafarers who had been captured by Barbary Pirates in the Mediterranean and off the coasts of Western Europe and sold into the Barbary slave trade. Several North German free imperial cities set up their own slave funds which existed until the mid 19th century.
Caroline Fischer-Achten was an Austrian operatic soprano. She appeared at the Royal Court Theatre in Vienna, and toured Germany.
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