Camille du Locle, director of the Орerа-Comique, is credited with suggesting to Bizet the composition of his next opera, Carmen. The story line originated in a widely successful novella by Prosper Merimee, who himself had expanded upon a dark tale of an Englishman\"s adventures with Spanish gypsies....

On the blue planet Altea, live Giants and Dwarves. On the green planet Ardekon, live the immortal Dragonlions. The two planets felt very lonely in space and they looked for signs from other planets. One day, at exactly the same time, they received a message from each other. A magical and engaging children book, for children ages seven to eleven....