Antarctica, Christmas 1904. French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot playing a cylinder of Baryton Jean Lassalle for a public of penguins. The program of this Christmas concert included “Ouvre tes yeux bleus, ma mignonne” (Jules Massenet) and “Connais-tu le pays où fleurit l’oranger?” (Ambroise Thomas).
Source: Le Monde Colonial Illustré, January 1939 – Gallica.
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