Chevalier de Saint-Georges
You're Dead to Me
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The Black Mozart
The Chavalier has been nicknamed the Black Mozart. When he's up for one of the most prestigious jobs at the Paris Opera, there's a campaign against him. The objective to having an unguoting mulatto heading the opera was crushed. He doesn't ever get married though, Olivette. Is it that someone of mixed race heritage is not marriage material? It's very hard to say. I think he's enjoying the birds of being single. Even though everyone who does marry as a noble man needs consent from his family. But in 18th century rules, if we look at 18th Century rules, it needs to be somebody incredibly powerful and ready to take him as
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